EPISODE · Mar 14, 2025 · 4 MIN
Revisiting Superficial Alignment Hypothesis
from Best AI papers explained · host Enoch H. Kang
The paper revisits the Superficial Alignment Hypothesis. It studies post-training scaling behavior with finetuning examples. Performance scales as a power law with more finetuning examples. Model performance correlates with reasoning ability, not just style. Language models can integrate new knowledge post-pre-training. Results suggest the hypothesis is an oversimplification.
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The paper revisits the Superficial Alignment Hypothesis. It studies post-training scaling behavior with finetuning examples. Performance scales as a power law with more finetuning examples. Model performance correlates with reasoning ability, not just style. Language models can integrate new knowledge post-pre-training. Results suggest the hypothesis is an oversimplification.
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