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Do pattern density ρd and prior-target distance dr serve as predictive correlates of few-shot thresholds?

First E2 research question directly testing UCCT's core predictive claims

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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

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B10 shot midpoint k50 = 0.28 ± 0.05 shots with accuracy 94.8 ± 1.2%
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Lowest threshold condition in E2; near-zero/one-shot threshold consistent with high pretraining density

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(i) do pattern density (ρd) and prior–target distance (dr) serve as predictive correlates of few-shot thresholds?question0.963
First research question in Experiment 2
Few-shot thresholds and transition widths track ρd/dr at fixed computational complexityclaim0.839
E2 main interpretive claim.
The ordering of few-shot thresholds k50 and transition widths aligns with k50 ∝ dr/ρd.claim0.833
Interpretation of E2 results.
S = ρd - dr - log k is a predictive correlate of when few-shot behavior flipsclaim0.813
Claim that S predicts threshold midpoints across different bases, tasks, and models
S = ρd - dr - log k predicts shot midpoints across different bases, tasks, and modelsclaim0.802
Predictive practical utility claim.
S = ρd − dr − log k is a predictive correlate of anchoring success across few-shot, SFT, and CoT.claim0.787
UCCT's practical utility claim.
Shot midpoints follow k50 ∝ dr/ρd; higher cohesion and lower mismatch yield fewer required examplesclaim0.767
Core quantitative prediction of UCCT validated by E2 threshold ordering
Target Pattern Cohesion (ρd)concept0.763
Measures how tightly the target pattern PT clusters in representation space; one of three components of S