"Ablation (Latin: ablatio – removal) is the removal or destruction of something from an object by vaporization, chipping, erosive processes, or by other means."
which is what one does to the model during... well, ablation.
> The term abliteration has been coined for the process of using ablation to uncensor large language models by modifying internal functions to completely eliminate refusal behaviors while preserving the remaining functions of the model. The word is a portmanteau that combines the words ablation and obliteration.
Note that they're all talking about the same technique, namely applying ablation specifically to the refusal vector as described in https://arxiv.org/abs/2406.11717.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ablation
"Ablation (Latin: ablatio – removal) is the removal or destruction of something from an object by vaporization, chipping, erosive processes, or by other means."
which is what one does to the model during... well, ablation.