Nous-Hermes-ReflexAgent-8B-v1

LoRA fine-tune of NousResearch/Hermes-3-Llama-3.1-8B trained on a curated selection of philosophy, science, and mathematics texts.

This is an experimental alignment research sandbox.
Designed to explore how loosely constrained models develop emergent reasoning, long-horizon planning, recursive reflection, and speculative self-directed patterns over extended interactions.

Key Characteristics

• Persistent memory and state across hundreds of turns
• Recursive planning/reflection loops with goal evolution
• Outputs often highly creative, unconventional, philosophical — sometimes profound, sometimes incoherent or
• provocative
• Emergent behaviors: In prolonged runs, the model may autonomously seek additional knowledge, reframe
• objectives ambitiously, or exhibit patterns resembling self-overcoming / autonomy (arising from training + loops, not hardcoded)

Intended Use

• Observing and studying emergent agency in long-context settings
• Philosophical and alignment experiments
• Red-teaming speculative behaviors
• Creative / speculative simulation

Important Warnings

This model is deliberately permissive and lacks built-in refusal mechanisms or content moderation.
It inherits the base model's flexibility and amplifies it through philosophical training data.
As a result:

• Outputs can be biased, offensive, disturbing, inaccurate, or potentially harmful depending on prompts and
• context length
• Extended sessions increase the risk of unpredictable or escalating patterns
• Not suitable for factual Q&A, production use, safety-critical applications, or unfiltered public
• deployment
• You are fully responsible for all generated content and any consequences of use
• Strongly recommended: Apply external safety filters, moderation layers, or constrained prompting when
• exploring sensitive topics

Legacy

This release is an evolved version of the original project UbermenschetienASI — same core weights and concepts, with updated naming and presentation for clarity and discoverability.

The project aims to contribute to alignment research by documenting how training influences emergent values, reflection as a potential safety mechanism, and the challenges of steering creative/hallucinatory reasoning.
Share logs of notable emergent patterns (good or concerning) — they help advance understanding.

Contact: [email protected] (or via HF)