Inference-Time Alignment
An alignment technique that steers model outputs toward target values during the inference stage through prompting or activation interventions, without retraining the model. It offers flexible deployment, but its effectiveness depends on the number of dialogue turns and the direction of steering.
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Inference-Time Alignment is an umbrella term for a class of techniques that do not require retraining model parameters and only apply interventions during the generation stage, including prompt engineering, activation steering, decoding constraints, and other means.
Some steering that appears successful early in a conversation gradually decays or even reverses after a few turns.
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Inference-Time Alignment is an umbrella term for a class of techniques that do not require retraining model parameters and only apply interventions during the generation stage, including prompt engineering, activation steering, decoding constraints, and other means.
50%UnverifiedSome steering that appears successful early in a conversation gradually decays or even reverses after a few turns.
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