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Heretic is an open-source Python tool that automatically removes the built-in censorship or “safety alignment” from transformer-based language models so they respond to a broader range of prompts with fewer refusals. It works by applying directional ablation techniques and a parameter optimization strategy to adjust internal model behaviors without expensive post-training or altering the core capabilities. Designed for researchers and advanced users, Heretic makes it possible to study and experiment with uncensored model responses in a reproducible, automated way. The project can decensor many popular dense and some mixture-of-experts (MoE) models, supporting workflows that would otherwise require manual tuning. ...

...Training involves carefully tuned augmentations, regularization, and optimization schedules to stabilize learning and improve sample efficiency. The repo offers pretrained checkpoints, reference scripts, and ablation studies that clarify which ingredients matter most for data-efficient ViT training.

...It achieves competitive or superior results on ImageNet and downstream datasets while being easier to deploy and train than transformers. The repository provides pretrained models, training recipes, and ablation studies demonstrating how incremental design choices collectively yield state-of-the-art performance.

...Students work through programming exercises and problem sets that build intuition for both classical algorithms (like HMMs and CRFs) and neural approaches (like word embeddings and sequence models). The materials emphasize theory grounded in practical experimentation, often via Python notebooks or scripts that visualize results and encourage ablation studies. Clear organization and self-contained examples make it possible to follow along outside the classroom, using the repo as a self-study resource. For learners and instructors alike, the course provides a coherent path from foundational linguistics to current techniques, with reproducible code that makes concepts concrete.