Peak layer ℓ* median 10, IQR 0.384

Median layer where S(ℓ) peaks, across seeds.

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The Guanyin Protocol: A Framework for Immediately Establishing an Understanding of Both Causality and Compassion in LLM Systems Using Semantic Anchoring

(2025) · Edward Yi Chang · Kaya, Zeyneb N. · Ethan Chang

Neighborhood — ranked by edge-count

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Few-shot anchoring & latent structure
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How minimal examples disambiguate and recruit latent arithmetic/reasoning interpretations in LLMs
Mid-layer representation geometry in neural networks
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Studies how internal layer-wise geometric properties (anchoring, clustering trajectories, geometry summaries) peak in middle layers and predict downstream task performance across LLMs and shallow networks.

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