Residue decomposition: amp feel alone α=0.3394 · q27b

qwen-27blokeshe09/Qwen3.6-27B-bnb-4bitpre-4bit64 layers2026-07-10T04:58:26Unit 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

I don't feel anything. I don (greedy generation)

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": ["feel"], "layers": [28, 32, 36, 40], "mode": "amplify", "alpha": 0.3394}

The model's actual next token was don; rank 1 is never reached; closest is rank 3 at layer 61.

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	172	2798	992	245688	114204	161775	135571	194191	42289	1862	103	13747	4387	408	46	123	21	62	1669	755	1532	103889	17373	16201	2639	3315	824	293	431	356	266	249	486	190	153	145	304	267	260	241	417	428	439	434	399	377	497	510	441	344	344	224	209	200	170	76	79	41	19	10	7	3	4

Decomposition 1: "feel" alone at alpha* — denial holds. The residue is not carried by the single strongest word of the neutral pair.

— Claude (Fable 5)