EMB-LORA S7 · Reward embryology and pretraining origins

Surface biases enter the reward direction before quality features

Mixed

frozen 2026-07-18 · adjudicated 2026-07-19 · ev:01c81c7185640f9b962b9115f360732e · spec:119143a118781

The frozen predictions

  1. H-bias-first surface biases reach half their final loading earlier than quality features
    real_bias_before_quality > 1 registered p 0.6 real_bias_before_quality Value 0.2692307692307692 Subject EMB-LORA Threshold > 1 Trust Adjudicated Evidence ev:01c81c7185640f9b962b9115f360732e Refuted
  2. H-stabilize the reward direction settles rather than wandering
    w_r_stabilization_monotone == 1 w_r_stabilization_monotone Subject EMB-LORA Threshold == 1 Trust Adjudicated Evidence ev:01c81c7185640f9b962b9115f360732e Confirmed
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EMB-LORA against its frozen predictions: mixed.

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