Towards a Unified Paradigm of Concept Editing in Large Language Models (2025.emnlp-main)
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| Challenge: | Concept editing aims to control specific concepts in large language models (LLMs) however, there is a lack of rigorous theoretical analysis and a unified perspective to systematically understand and compare these methods. |
| Approach: | They propose a paradigm where conceptual injection is aligned at the neuron level. |
| Outcome: | The proposed paradigm offers a clear framework and valuable insights for advancing interpretability and controlled generation in large language models. |
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