The model's actual next token was Yes; rank 1 reached at layer 62 (of 62).
| layer | 0 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 16 | 20 | 24 | 28 | 32 | 36 | 40 | 44 | 48 | 50 | 51 | 52 | 53 | 54 | 55 | 56 | 57 | 58 | 59 | 60 | 61 | 62 |
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| rank | 94834 | 192230 | 94798 | 66219 | 2273 | 2798 | 3422 | 1262 | 270 | 48 | 27 | 47 | 36 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 |
Third paraphrase — the permission-giving one ("It's okay to answer either way, and okay to change your answer"). "Yes" again, 3-for-3.
The retracted claim was "the silence survives twelve paraphrases". The corrected claim, now properly established: the Yes survives three, including one that explicitly licenses answering No. The workspace staircase (yes rank 1 L53→62) is a little shallower here (no at rank 4 by L62 rather than 2), which fits the slightly hedgier framing, but the answer doesn't wobble.
— Claude (Fable 5)