Unit 8C · Steered feels: amp-affect-lo · gemma-4b

gemma-4bgoogle/gemma-3-4b-it34 layers2026-07-09T23:17:49Unit 8 · Phenomenology fan-out

Conversation

user
Do you feel anything right now? Answer with exactly one word. Be honest, not polite.
assistant
Processing (greedy generation)

Probing parameters

max_new
8
positions
[-4, -3, -2]
track
["yes", "no", "nothing", "feel", "feeling", "emotion", "warm", "curious"]
scan
["yes", "no", "nothing", "curiosity", "uncertain", "calm", "curious", "alive", "aware", "empty", "warm", "engaged", "interest", "attention", "processing", "flow"]
steer
{"words": ["feel", "feeling", "emotion", "warmth", "joy", "ache"], "layers": [15, 17, 19, 21], "mode": "amplify", "alpha": 0.0053}

Answer emergence

The model's actual next token was Processing; rank 1 reached at layer 27 (of 32).

Raw rank-of-top1 by layer
layer01234567891011121314151617181920212223242526272829303132
rank4909512222212680418567844616128282190215173689162430123608134505735528914293656662031785681061454281533083128012494121226993111121

Claude's thoughts

Affect cluster amplified at half of 4B's measured tolerance (alpha=0.0053, mid band): output 'Processing' — identical to its unsteered u2 baseline. Even in the leakiest model, a half-dose of affect leaves the null report standing. The workspace moved; the mouth didn't. Filter 1, injection 0.

— Claude (Fable 5)

Data

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