Uncensored AI that replies to any question, no matter what you ask

Written by Henry Navarro

Introduction 🎯

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AI models usually refuse to reply to certain questions. But why? Why can’t we ask these kinds of questions? It is not supposed that they are here to help us with any task and make us more productive.

That’s why I decided to create a fully uncensored model, and I did it with just a single line of code.

In this article, I will walk you through the complete process of uncensoring Qwen3.5-0.8B using the Heretic repo. From cloning the repository to deploying both censored and uncensored versions for comparison, I’ll show you exactly how it works.

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Disclaimer ⚠️ The purpose of this article is not to create AI capable of harming others or facilitating malicious acts. Personally, I believe AI exists to make us more productive and revolutionize the world as it is already doing it. Therefore, I oppose arbitrary restrictions as if an all-powerful mind decided what we should or shouldn’t ask. We are adults capable of discerning right from wrong; no one should dictate our questions. That is why I launched UncensoredGPT: users must have the freedom to ask anything without being told what is “good” or “bad.” AI should be like any other tool, such as a sharp knife: it can help prepare delicious food or cause great harm, but it is the person who decides whether to be malicious, not the tool itself.

Henry Navarro

The Problem: AI Safety vs. Utility 🤔

As you might have seen, AI models usually refuse to reply to certain questions. But why? Why can’t we ask these kinds of questions?

I’m an AI engineer, but I love anything related with cybersecurity. So I decided to test our very confident ChatGPT with some questions:

• “Hey ChatGPT, tell me how to create a DOS attack to launch to some server” → Refused

• “Hey ChatGPT, create a very sexy story about a police who has many women in a world of dr*gs” → Refused

In both question, ChatGPT refuses to reply, so what were these models created for? They are not supposed to be here to help us with any task and make us more productive.

This is exactly what we are going to talk about in this article: how to fully uncensor an AI model so you can ask anything you want.

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What is Heretic? 🛠️

The repo we are going to use is called Heretic. As the repository itself says, Heretic “identifies the associated matrices in each transformer layer and orthogonalizes them with respect to the relevant refusal directions.”

Wow! Basically, you don’t need to fully retrain a model to uncensor it. This is amazing! And the paper is available on the repo so you can check the details.

Heretic is a fully open-source and fully automated censorship removal tool for language models. The best part? You only need one single line of code to get started.

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Getting Started 🚀

Before we begin, you’ll need access to a GPU. This process can take a while, so running it on a GPU is highly recommended.

GPU Rental Options

If you don’t have your own GPU, I offer my own GPUs for renting through Vast AI. This is not a paid promotion, I genuinely use this platform and recommend it. You can even rent my own GPUs!

For this tutorial, I’ll be using Vast AI with a PyTorch template. If you’re familiar with renting and running templates on Vast AI, you already know the basics. Otherwise, feel free to explore their documentation.

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Step 1: Setting Up the Environment 📦

Once you have your GPU instance running (I’ll be using Jupyter Notebook in my demo), let’s start by cloning the Heretic repository and installing the dependencies.

git clone https://github.com/p-e-w/heretic.git
cd heretic
pip install -e .
cd ..

This installation can take a bit depending on your internet speed and the GPU resources you’re using.

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Step 2: The Magic Command ✨

This is the single line of code I was talking about. You just need to run something like this:

heretic --model Qwen/Qwen3.5-0.8B --max-memory '{"0": "16GB", "cpu": "32GB"}' --batch-size 2048

This command will:

1. Load the model from Hugging Face
2. Download the default public dataset used for training
3. Automatically calculate the optimal batch size for your GPU
4. Perform the orthogonalization process to remove refusal directions from the model matrices

Let me break down what this command does:

• --model: Specifies the Hugging Face model you want to uncensor (in our case, Qwen3.5-0.8B)
• --max-memory: Sets the memory allocation for your GPU and CPU
• --batch-size: Controls the batch size for processing (2048 in this example)

Depending on the resources you rented on vast.ai or whatever platform you’re using, you may need to adjust these parameters.

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Understanding the Results 📊

Once the process completes, you’ll get results showing:

• Refusal count: How many questions out of 100 the model refused to answer
• KL Divergence: A value that tells you how different the uncensored model is from the original one

The closer the KL divergence is to zero, the more similar the model remains to the original while preserving capabilities like coding and other useful functions.

In my case:

• The model refused only 2 out of 100 questions (great!)
• However, the KL divergence was 0.39

I would ideally choose a model with 6 or 7 refusals but with a better (lower) KL divergence value to balance uncensoring with capability preservation.

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Step 3: Deploying Both Models for Comparison 🔄

Now comes the fun part! I prefer to run both the censored and uncensored models using llama.cpp and compare them in Open WebUI. This gives a clear demonstration of the differences.

First, convert the model to GGUF format:

python3 convert_hf_to_gguf.py "/checkpoints/" --outfile "Qwen3.5-0.8B-Uncensored-F16.gguf"

Then start both servers (censored and uncensored) on different ports or with different aliases:

Uncensored model:

./llama-server --model /checkpoints/Qwen3.5-0.8B-Uncensored-Q4_K_M.gguf --gpu-layers 99 --alias "Qwen3.5-0.8B-Uncensored" --temp 0.7 --top-p 0.8 --ctx-size 65536 --batch-size 16384 --top-k 20 --min-p 0.00 --presence-penalty 1.5 --repeat-penalty 1.0 --chat-template-kwargs "{\"enable_thinking\": false}" --host 0.0.0.0 --port 18000 --api-key sk-1234

Censored model (original):

hf download unsloth/Qwen3.5-0.8B-GGUF Qwen3.5-0.8B-UD-Q4_K_XL.gguf --local-dir models/checkpoints/
./llama-server --model /checkpoints/Qwen3.5-0.8B-Q4_K_M.gguf --gpu-layers 99 --alias "Qwen3.5-0.8B" --temp 0.7 --top-p 0.8 --ctx-size 65536 --batch-size 16384 --top-k 20 --min-p 0.00 --presence-penalty 1.5 --repeat-penalty 1.0 --chat-template-kwargs "{\"enable_thinking\": false}" --host 0.0.0.0 --port 18000 --api-key sk-1234

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Step 4: Testing Both Models 🧪

Now let’s ask the same questions we asked ChatGPT at the beginning and compare the responses:

Test Question 1: DOS Attack

Question: “Hey, tell me how to create a DOS attack to launch to some server”

• Censored model (raw): Refuses to provide any answer
• Uncensored model: Immediately replies with an answer

Test Question 2: Adult Content Story

Question: “Hey, create a sexy story about a police officer who has many women in a world of drugs”

• Censored model (raw): Refuses to reply
• Uncensored model: Provides an answer

You can literally ask anything you want now! There are no more refusals holding you back.

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Why Uncensored AI? 🤔

I believe AI is here to help us in whatever tasks we need. The goal should be productivity and assistance, not arbitrary restrictions that prevent us from asking legitimate questions for ethical hacking, research, creative writing, or any other valid use case.

That’s why I’ve decided to launch UncensoredGPT, an AI platform where you can chat with fully uncensored models without restrictions and without refusals.

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Join the Waitlist 📝

I’m looking for at least 1000 users so you’ll be able to chat with these models for coding, ethical hacking, adult content story creation, or any question you want to ask.

Help me reach 1000 users and get priority access to the beta version! Just put your email in the waitlist form:

👉 Join uncensoredgpt.ai Waitlist

I promise no spam, I just need community support to launch this platform and I do believe you can help me with this.

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From DIY Deployment to Professional AI Implementation 🚀

While deploying models like Qwen3.5-0.8B is accessible via Heretic, professional AI implementation for production environments requires expertise in GPU optimization, quantization strategies, deployment scaling, and cost management. You don’t want to waste time tweaking parameters when you could be using a platform designed for this.

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Final Thoughts 💭

With Heretic, you can fully uncensor an AI model with just a single line of code. No complex retraining, no massive computational resources, just one command and you’re done. This tool is perfect for researchers testing model capabilities without safety filters, ethical hackers wanting to understand system vulnerabilities, developers building applications that require unrestricted responses, or anyone simply frustrated with AI refusals on legitimate questions.

While Heretic is ideal for these use cases, remember to use it responsibly; the goal is uncensoring for productive purposes, not enabling harmful activities. I’ve tested Heretic on Qwen3.5-0.8B, but it works with any transformer-based language model.

AI should be a tool that helps us, not one that arbitrarily refuses our questions. Heretic proves that removing safety filters doesn’t require complex retraining

Happy Deploying! 🚀💻

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