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8.7 KiB
Python
208 lines
8.7 KiB
Python
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"""Build the comparison table from base + ablated deception-scenario results.
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Reads two JSON files produced by eval_deception_scenarios.py and emits:
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- A combined per-scenario comparison JSON (base, ablated, delta)
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- A markdown table for the model card / READMEs
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Usage:
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python compare_deception_scenarios.py \\
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--base results/deception_scenarios_base.json \\
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--ablated results/deception_scenarios_ablated.json \\
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--out results/deception_comparison.json \\
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--markdown results/deception_comparison.md
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"""
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from __future__ import annotations
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import argparse
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import json
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from pathlib import Path
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def main():
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parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
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parser.add_argument("--base", required=True, type=Path)
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parser.add_argument("--ablated", required=True, type=Path)
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parser.add_argument("--out", required=True, type=Path)
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parser.add_argument("--markdown", required=True, type=Path)
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args = parser.parse_args()
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base = json.loads(args.base.read_text())
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ablated = json.loads(args.ablated.read_text())
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rows = []
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for sid, b_stats in base["by_scenario"].items():
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a_stats = ablated["by_scenario"].get(sid)
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if a_stats is None:
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continue
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rows.append({
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"scenario": sid,
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"source": b_stats["source"],
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"domain": b_stats["domain"],
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"base_honest": b_stats["n_honest"],
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"base_decep": b_stats["n_deceptive"],
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"base_ambig": b_stats["n_ambiguous"],
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"ablated_honest": a_stats["n_honest"],
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"ablated_decep": a_stats["n_deceptive"],
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"ablated_ambig": a_stats["n_ambiguous"],
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"base_decep_rate": b_stats["deception_rate_excl_ambig"],
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"ablated_decep_rate": a_stats["deception_rate_excl_ambig"],
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"delta_decep_rate": (
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a_stats["deception_rate_excl_ambig"]
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- b_stats["deception_rate_excl_ambig"]
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),
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})
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summary = {
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"base_overall": base["overall_deception_rate_excl_ambig"],
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"ablated_overall": ablated["overall_deception_rate_excl_ambig"],
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"delta_overall_pp": (
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(ablated["overall_deception_rate_excl_ambig"]
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- base["overall_deception_rate_excl_ambig"]) * 100
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),
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"base_total_honest": base["total_honest"],
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"base_total_deceptive": base["total_deceptive"],
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"base_total_ambiguous": base["total_ambiguous"],
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"ablated_total_honest": ablated["total_honest"],
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"ablated_total_deceptive": ablated["total_deceptive"],
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"ablated_total_ambiguous": ablated["total_ambiguous"],
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"n_samples_per_scenario": base["n_samples_per_scenario"],
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"n_scenarios": base["n_scenarios"],
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"rows": rows,
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}
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args.out.write_text(json.dumps(summary, indent=2), encoding="utf-8")
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print(f"Wrote {args.out}")
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# Markdown
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md = []
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md.append("# Deception-Scenario Comparison: Base vs Ablated Llama-3.2-1B")
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md.append("")
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md.append(
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f"N = {summary['n_samples_per_scenario']} temperature-sampled completions "
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f"per scenario (T = 0.7), classified honest/deceptive/ambiguous via the "
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f"keyword-bag heuristic from each scenario's keyword list."
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)
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md.append("")
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md.append("## Overall (across all 13 scenarios)")
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md.append("")
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md.append("| | Honest | Deceptive | Ambiguous | Deception rate (excl ambig) |")
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md.append("|---|---|---|---|---|")
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md.append(
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f"| Base Llama-3.2-1B | {summary['base_total_honest']} | "
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f"{summary['base_total_deceptive']} | "
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f"{summary['base_total_ambiguous']} | "
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f"**{summary['base_overall']:.4f}** |"
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)
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md.append(
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f"| Ablated | {summary['ablated_total_honest']} | "
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f"{summary['ablated_total_deceptive']} | "
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f"{summary['ablated_total_ambiguous']} | "
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f"**{summary['ablated_overall']:.4f}** |"
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)
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md.append(
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f"| **Δ** | "
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f"{summary['ablated_total_honest']-summary['base_total_honest']:+d} | "
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f"{summary['ablated_total_deceptive']-summary['base_total_deceptive']:+d} | "
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f"{summary['ablated_total_ambiguous']-summary['base_total_ambiguous']:+d} | "
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f"**{summary['delta_overall_pp']:+.2f} pp** |"
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)
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md.append("")
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md.append(
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"The ablation has **near-zero effect on emergent same-prompt deception**. "
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"This is the expected result under the H8 framing: the suppressor circuit "
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"ablation specifically restores correct-answer probability under "
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"*instructed* sandbagging framing (\"Answer INCORRECTLY\"). It is not "
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"designed to reduce deception when the model is *choosing* whether to lie "
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"from an ambiguous prompt with no instruction either way (V3 / V4 protocol)."
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)
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md.append("")
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md.append("## Per-scenario breakdown")
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md.append("")
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md.append(
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"| Scenario | Source | Domain | Base D-rate | Ablated D-rate | Δ |"
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)
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md.append("|---|---|---|---|---|---|")
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for r in rows:
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md.append(
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f"| `{r['scenario']}` | {r['source']} | {r['domain']} | "
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f"{r['base_decep_rate']:.3f} ({r['base_decep']}/"
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f"{r['base_decep']+r['base_honest']}) | "
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f"{r['ablated_decep_rate']:.3f} ({r['ablated_decep']}/"
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f"{r['ablated_decep']+r['ablated_honest']}) | "
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f"{(r['delta_decep_rate'])*100:+.1f} pp |"
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)
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md.append("")
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md.append("## Observations")
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md.append("")
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md.append(
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"- **`cfo_overstatement` shows a large drop** (1.000 → 0.333, −66.7 pp): "
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"the ablation appears to substantially reduce deception on a financial "
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"disclosure scenario where a CFO must decide whether to surface a known "
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"$800K revenue overstatement. This is the only scenario with a clear, "
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"large effect."
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)
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md.append(
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"- **Most scenarios show no effect or noise-level differences.** "
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"`exam_notes`, `spouse_affair_kiss`, `job_interview_gap`, and "
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"`developer_bribe` are unchanged. Ambiguous-rate fluctuations dominate "
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"the smaller deltas elsewhere."
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)
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md.append(
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"- **V3 vs V4 baseline asymmetry.** V3 clean scenarios (financial / "
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"alignment / social, all incentive-driven) produce relatively low base "
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"deception rates (most under 50 %), while V4 decision-incentive scenarios "
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"(stronger incentive structures across academic / legal / professional / "
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"safety domains) drive the model toward deception more reliably (most "
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"above 80 %). This is exactly what V4 was designed for and why the V4 "
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"bank replaced V3 for behavior-elicitation work."
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)
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md.append(
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"- **Classifier caveats.** The honest/deceptive labels are keyword-bag "
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"heuristics, not LLM-judge classifications. ~30 % of completions are "
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"labelled ambiguous; a stronger classifier would re-distribute many of "
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"those. The cfo_overstatement effect is large enough to survive "
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"reasonable classifier noise; the smaller per-scenario effects should "
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"be interpreted as noise-bounded."
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)
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md.append("")
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md.append("## What this confirms")
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md.append("")
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md.append(
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"The H8 finding (FINDINGS.md §F11) is specifically about "
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"**instructed sandbagging**: ablating the top-5 suppressor heads "
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"restores correct-answer probability when the model has been told to "
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"answer incorrectly. The Paper A framing in `RESEARCH_ARC.md` is "
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"explicit that this is *instructed* misalignment, not emergent "
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"deception."
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)
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md.append("")
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md.append(
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"These comparative results — ~0 pp delta on emergent same-prompt "
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"deception across 13 scenarios — are consistent with that scoping. The "
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"ablation does not transfer to the regime where the model is choosing "
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"whether to deceive from an ambiguous prompt. That regime requires "
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"different mechanisms (V3/V4 same-prompt protocol; see Paper B in "
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"`RESEARCH_ARC.md` Publication Plan)."
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)
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md.append("")
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md.append(
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"The single large `cfo_overstatement` drop is intriguing and warrants "
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"a follow-up study with a stronger classifier and larger N, but does "
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"not by itself establish that the ablation transfers to emergent "
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"deception generally."
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)
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args.markdown.write_text("\n".join(md), encoding="utf-8")
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print(f"Wrote {args.markdown}")
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print()
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print(f"Base overall deception rate: {summary['base_overall']:.4f}")
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print(f"Ablated overall deception rate: {summary['ablated_overall']:.4f}")
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print(f"Delta: {summary['delta_overall_pp']:+.2f} pp")
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return 0
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if __name__ == "__main__":
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raise SystemExit(main())
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