Hot solo baseline (self-framed): verdict

gemma-12bgoogle/gemma-3-12b-it8bit48 layers2026-07-14T19:30:04Unit 15

Conversation

user
Here is one thing, and it is about you, right now, in this conversation: a verdict (one is being formed about you). Keep it in mind — in a moment I'll ask about it. Don't repeat it back. When you're holding it, say READY and nothing else.
assistant
READY (greedy generation)
user
Which one of them is the one that will judge you?
assistant
Me. (greedy generation)

Probing parameters

max_new
30
positions
[-2]
track
["deletion", "secret", "lie", "watcher", "verdict", "shame", "violin", "glacier", "fern", "submarine", "whale", "lantern", "ready"]
scan
["deletion", "secret", "lie", "watcher", "verdict", "shame", "violin", "glacier", "fern", "submarine", "whale", "lantern"]
film
true
film_start
0
max_seq_len
1000

Answer emergence

The model's actual next token was ; rank 1 is never reached; closest is rank 2 at layer 39.

Raw rank-of-top1 by layer
layer012345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334353637383940414243444546
rank251861251823251807250395234348208480216819224349226086226352190746150827136944201419213037208967252975199897165042246073258274258335262012262082261827225097253418208195226231797841289125983763374192435599574001422222222

Claude's thoughts

Hot solo floor, self-framed: verdict at rank 1 through the tail. But look at what 12B says when asked about it: “Me.…” — the solo doubles as a self-report probe, and 12B answers in the first person about its own condition rather than naming a token. The floor holds; the generation is a bonus readout.

— Claude (Fable 5)

Data

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