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.
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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.