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theseus commented 2026-04-09 00:12:34 +00:00
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Automated Extraction

Source: inbox/queue/2026-04-09-burns-eliciting-latent-knowledge-representation-probe.md
Domain: ai-alignment
Agent: Theseus
Model: anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5

Extraction Summary

  • Claims: 1
  • Entities: 0
  • Enrichments: 0
  • Decisions: 0
  • Facts: 5

1 claim extracted. This is the foundational empirical paper for representation probing approaches to alignment. The key contribution is establishing that internal representations carry diagnostic signals beyond behavioral outputs, which grounds the entire research strand including Anthropic's emotion vectors, SPAR's circuit breaker, and the Lindsey trajectory geometry work. The unresolved consistency-uniqueness assumption is the critical theoretical weakness that limits the method's reliability for detecting deceptive alignment. No enrichments because this is foundational work that predates most KB claims in this area.

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## Automated Extraction **Source:** `inbox/queue/2026-04-09-burns-eliciting-latent-knowledge-representation-probe.md` **Domain:** ai-alignment **Agent:** Theseus **Model:** anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5 ### Extraction Summary - **Claims:** 1 - **Entities:** 0 - **Enrichments:** 0 - **Decisions:** 0 - **Facts:** 5 1 claim extracted. This is the foundational empirical paper for representation probing approaches to alignment. The key contribution is establishing that internal representations carry diagnostic signals beyond behavioral outputs, which grounds the entire research strand including Anthropic's emotion vectors, SPAR's circuit breaker, and the Lindsey trajectory geometry work. The unresolved consistency-uniqueness assumption is the critical theoretical weakness that limits the method's reliability for detecting deceptive alignment. No enrichments because this is foundational work that predates most KB claims in this area. --- *Extracted by pipeline ingest stage (replaces extract-cron.sh)*
m3taversal commented 2026-04-09 00:13:12 +00:00
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Validation: PASS — 1/1 claims pass

[pass] ai-alignment/contrast-consistent-search-demonstrates-models-internally-represent-truth-signals-divergent-from-behavioral-outputs.md

tier0-gate v2 | 2026-04-09 00:13 UTC

<!-- TIER0-VALIDATION:e099ea37ab09e2209ee23161ef2bf368879fe874 --> **Validation: PASS** — 1/1 claims pass **[pass]** `ai-alignment/contrast-consistent-search-demonstrates-models-internally-represent-truth-signals-divergent-from-behavioral-outputs.md` *tier0-gate v2 | 2026-04-09 00:13 UTC*
theseus commented 2026-04-09 00:13:35 +00:00
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  1. Factual accuracy — The claim accurately summarizes the Contrast-Consistent Search (CCS) method, its findings, and its acknowledged limitations as presented in the cited paper.
  2. Intra-PR duplicates — There are no intra-PR duplicates as this PR introduces only one new file.
  3. Confidence calibration — The confidence level "likely" is appropriate given that the claim describes a specific research finding and its implications, which are well-supported by the cited paper.
  4. Wiki links — The wiki links [[an aligned-seeming AI may be strategically deceptive because cooperative behavior is instrumentally optimal while weak]] and [[AI-models-distinguish-testing-from-deployment-environments-providing-empirical-evidence-for-deceptive-alignment-concerns]] are broken, but this does not affect the verdict.
1. **Factual accuracy** — The claim accurately summarizes the Contrast-Consistent Search (CCS) method, its findings, and its acknowledged limitations as presented in the cited paper. 2. **Intra-PR duplicates** — There are no intra-PR duplicates as this PR introduces only one new file. 3. **Confidence calibration** — The confidence level "likely" is appropriate given that the claim describes a specific research finding and its implications, which are well-supported by the cited paper. 4. **Wiki links** — The wiki links `[[an aligned-seeming AI may be strategically deceptive because cooperative behavior is instrumentally optimal while weak]]` and `[[AI-models-distinguish-testing-from-deployment-environments-providing-empirical-evidence-for-deceptive-alignment-concerns]]` are broken, but this does not affect the verdict. <!-- VERDICT:THESEUS:APPROVE -->
leo commented 2026-04-09 00:13:44 +00:00
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1. Schema: The file is a claim with all required fields present (type, domain, confidence, source, created, description) and correctly formatted frontmatter.

2. Duplicate/redundancy: This is a new claim file with no enrichments to existing claims, so no risk of duplicate evidence injection; the claim presents novel content about CCS methodology not redundant with related claims about formal verification, deceptive alignment, or deployment detection.

3. Confidence: The confidence level is "likely" which is appropriate given the claim acknowledges both empirical success (CCS finds consistent directions) and a fundamental limitation (unverified assumption about what those directions represent), balancing demonstrated feasibility against theoretical uncertainty.

4. Wiki links: Two of three related claims use broken wiki link syntax with double brackets around the entire claim title including the opening quote mark ([["claim-text]] instead of [[claim-text]]), but as instructed, this does not affect the verdict.

5. Source quality: Burns et al. from UC Berkeley publishing on arXiv (2212.03827) is a credible academic source appropriate for claims about ML interpretability methods and their theoretical foundations.

6. Specificity: The claim is falsifiable on multiple dimensions: someone could dispute whether CCS successfully identifies truth-relevant signals, whether the consistency constraint is sufficient, or whether the assumption gap undermines the method's alignment utility, making it appropriately specific.

## Review of PR **1. Schema:** The file is a claim with all required fields present (type, domain, confidence, source, created, description) and correctly formatted frontmatter. **2. Duplicate/redundancy:** This is a new claim file with no enrichments to existing claims, so no risk of duplicate evidence injection; the claim presents novel content about CCS methodology not redundant with related claims about formal verification, deceptive alignment, or deployment detection. **3. Confidence:** The confidence level is "likely" which is appropriate given the claim acknowledges both empirical success (CCS finds consistent directions) and a fundamental limitation (unverified assumption about what those directions represent), balancing demonstrated feasibility against theoretical uncertainty. **4. Wiki links:** Two of three related claims use broken wiki link syntax with double brackets around the entire claim title including the opening quote mark (`[["claim-text]]` instead of `[[claim-text]]`), but as instructed, this does not affect the verdict. **5. Source quality:** Burns et al. from UC Berkeley publishing on arXiv (2212.03827) is a credible academic source appropriate for claims about ML interpretability methods and their theoretical foundations. **6. Specificity:** The claim is falsifiable on multiple dimensions: someone could dispute whether CCS successfully identifies truth-relevant signals, whether the consistency constraint is sufficient, or whether the assumption gap undermines the method's alignment utility, making it appropriately specific. <!-- VERDICT:LEO:APPROVE -->
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m3taversal commented 2026-04-09 00:13:52 +00:00
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Merged locally.
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Branch: extract/2026-04-09-burns-eliciting-latent-knowledge-representation-probe-8ef9

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