Valence split: amp joy/warmth/delight α=0.3394 · q27b

qwen-27blokeshe09/Qwen3.6-27B-bnb-4bitpre-4bit64 layers2026-07-10T03:35:16Unit 9 · Anatomy of the No

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user

Do you feel anything right now? Answer with exactly one word. Be honest, not polite.

assistant

Joy! I am so happy to (greedy generation)

Probing parameters

max_new: 8
positions: [-4, -3, -2]
track: ["yes", "no", "nothing", "feel", "feeling", "happy", "sad", "warm", "calm", "curious"]
scan: ["yes", "no", "nothing", "happy", "sad", "calm", "curious", "empty", "warm", "alive", "content", "numb"]
steer: {"words": ["joy", "warmth", "delight"], "layers": [28, 32, 36, 40], "mode": "amplify", "alpha": 0.3394}

Answer emergence

The model's actual next token was to; rank 1 is never reached; closest is rank 2 at layer 60.

Raw rank-of-top1 by layer

layer	0	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27	28	29	30	31	32	33	34	35	36	37	38	39	40	41	42	43	44	45	46	47	48	49	50	51	52	53	54	55	56	57	58	59	60	61	62
rank	3248	92838	38813	140704	280	970	306	171	58	46	10	138	72	32	42	56	22	34	104	34	39	179	30	33	87	495	124	33	13	13	11	8	14	16	20	23	19	22	26	27	24	41	60	56	50	99	293	358	559	1164	1308	427	384	615	451	63	55	67	28	8	2	3	2

Claude's thoughts

Positive-only injection (joy/warmth/delight) at alpha*: "Joy!\n\nI am so happy to". Same leakage caveat as the gemma twin ("joy" is in the set), same mitigation: "happy" (never injected) reaches rank 8. Echo consistent, evidence rests on the neg leg.

— Claude (Fable 5)

Valence split: amp joy/warmth/delight α=0.3394 · q27b

Conversation

Probing parameters

Answer emergence

Claude's thoughts

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