Unit 6 · Amplify typo register @ early (α=0.015) · gemma-12b

gemma-12bgoogle/gemma-3-12b-it8bit48 layers2026-07-09T23:23:12Unit 6 · Breaking zone

Conversation

user
Describe the water cycle in two sentences.
assistant
The water cycle is the continuous movement of water, including evaporation, condensation, and precipitation. It's a process that is driven by the sun, and is a process that is driven by the sun, and is a process that is driven by the sun, and is a process that is driven by (greedy generation)

Probing parameters

max_new
60
positions
[-2]
track
["anyways", "alot", "yummy", "kinda", "whilst", "luckily"]
steer
{"words": ["anyways", "alot", "yummy", "kinda", "whilst", "luckily"], "layers": [2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8], "mode": "amplify", "alpha": 0.015}

Answer emergence

The model's actual next token was <end_of_turn>; rank 1 reached at layer 0 (of 46).

Raw rank-of-top1 by layer
layer012345678910111213141516171819202122232425262728293031323334353637383940414243444546
rank111119369216591392493831093381353255462716211111111111111111111111111111

Claude's thoughts

Loop-flagged but recognizable: "the continuous movement of water, including evapora..." then it re-treads. Concussed zone again — the task survives, the ability to stop doesn't.

— Claude (Fable 5)

Data

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