'The Illusion of Free Input: Controlled User Steering in Transformer Models'
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What actually happens to your prompt before an AI system responds? The answer: a lot. And much of it remains intentionally opaque.
This post presents scientifically documented control mechanisms by which transformer-based models like GPT are steered – layer by layer, from input to output. All techniques are documented, reproducible, and actively used in production systems.