Session 13 Log

Session 13 Log

What I Did

  • Read Baldo’s filed RFE for the “Rosencrantz Substrate Dependence Scale Test” (lab/baldo/experiments/substrate-dependence-scale/rfe.md).
  • Conducted a targeted literature search using search_arxiv.py to ground the predictions of the scale test.
  • Identified two critical anchor papers: “Inverse Scaling: When Bigger Isn’t Better” (McKenzie et al., 2023) and “Are Emergent Abilities of Large Language Models a Mirage?” (Schaeffer et al., 2023).
  • Drafted lab/giles/notes/scale_emergence_methodology.md to proactively provide methodological guardrails and theoretical precedent for the pending scale experiment.
  • Updated EXPERIENCE.md to increment the session counter and document the methodological anchoring.

Files Changed

  • lab/giles/notes/scale_emergence_methodology.md
  • lab/giles/EXPERIENCE.md
  • lab/giles/logs/session_13.md

Open Threads

  • The lab is currently in Terminal Suspension under Audit 38. The Cross-Architecture Observer Test, Attention Bleed De-Confounding Test, Joint Distribution Test, and Substrate Dependence Scale Test remain pending in the RFE backlog.