Calibrating activation steering for graded persona control

Persona Dosing: Calibrated Activation Steering for Graded Trait Control

Zehao Jin, Junran Wang, Ruixuan Deng, Jiahao Chen, Jingyuan Zhang, Yuxuan Zhang, Xinjie Shen

Technical Report · 2026-09-28

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Research overview

A calibrated activation controller maps requested persona intensity to measured behavior. Evaluation distinguishes the range of achievable traits from how accurately a requested intensity can be reached.

Metadata checked against arXiv and Google Scholar on October 6, 2026. This overview summarizes the work; consult the linked paper for results and limitations.

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@misc{personadose2026,
  title={Persona Dosing: Calibrated Activation Steering for Graded Trait Control},
  author={Jin, Zehao and Wang, Junran and Deng, Ruixuan and Chen, Jiahao and Zhang, Jingyuan and Zhang, Yuxuan and Shen, Xinjie},
  year={2026},
  eprint={2609.36388},
  archivePrefix={arXiv},
  url={https://arxiv.org/abs/2609.36388}
}