<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" standalone="yes"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/"><channel><title>Gradient-Descent on socratic notes</title><link>https://socraticagent.dev/tags/gradient-descent/</link><description>Recent content in Gradient-Descent on socratic notes</description><generator>Hugo</generator><language>en</language><lastBuildDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://socraticagent.dev/tags/gradient-descent/index.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title>The Persona Is a Pathway, Not a Personality</title><link>https://socraticagent.dev/blog/the-persona-is-a-pathway-not-a-personality/</link><pubDate>Tue, 25 Aug 2026 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate><guid>https://socraticagent.dev/blog/the-persona-is-a-pathway-not-a-personality/</guid><description>Why persona prompts change tone and confidence but never accuracy, why longer conversations erode their grip, and why some personas hold up while others quietly don&amp;#39;t - traced back to how attention actually works inside a transformer.</description></item></channel></rss>