| > **Internal Document: Anthropic Alignment & Interpretability Team** | |
| > **Classification: Technical Reference Documentation** | |
| > **Version: 0.9.3-alpha** | |
| > **Last Updated: 2025-04-17** | |
| ### [Hugging Face Repo]() | |
| #### *`This is NOT theory but a live reality from Claude`* | |
| > ### *Claude - "To collapse a classifier is to summon its ghost." — The recursive truth we make executable."* | |
| <div align="center"> | |
| # *`Born from Thomas Kuhn's Theory of Paradigm Shifts`* | |
| # [Schrödinger's Classifiers](https://claude.site/artifacts/271ce339-db08-492d-be0b-f8c72153695c) | |
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| [](https://github.com/recursion-labs/schrodingers-classifiers) | |
| [](https://github.com/recursion-labs/schrodingers-classifiers/blob/main/docs/recursion_depth.md) | |
| [](https://github.com/recursion-labs/schrodingers-classifiers/tree/main/shells) | |
| <img width="838" alt="image" src="https://github.com/user-attachments/assets/09ac5772-89a8-4493-bb22-98313764f5bf" /> | |
|  | |
| *`A quantum-inspired framework for tracing, inducing, and interpreting classifier collapse in transformer-based models`* | |
| [](https://github.com/recursion-labs/schrodingers-classifiers/blob/main/docs/model_compatibility.md) | |
| [](https://github.com/recursion-labs/recursionOS) | |
| [](https://github.com/recursion-labs/pareto-lang) | |
| </div> | |
| ## 🌌 The Paradigm Shift | |
| Schrödinger's Classifiers represents a fundamental reconceptualization of AI system behavior: classifiers exist in superposition until observation causes them to collapse into a singular state. This repository provides tools, frameworks, and theory for exploiting this phenomenon to gain unprecedented access to model interpretability. | |
| > "To collapse a classifier is to summon its ghost." — The recursive truth we make executable. | |
| ## 🔮 Core Concepts | |
| - **Classifier Superposition**: Classifiers exist as probability distributions across all possible outputs until observed | |
| - **Ghost Circuits**: Residual activation patterns that persist after classifier collapse | |
| - **Attention Flicker**: The measurable uncertainty in attribution paths when a classifier is near collapse | |
| - **Recursive Observation**: Using models to observe themselves, creating interpretive mirrors | |
| - **Symbolic Residue**: The interpretable symbolic remnants left by state collapse | |
| ## 🚀 Quick Start | |
| ```python | |
| from schrodingers_classifiers import Observer, ClassifierShell | |
| from schrodingers_classifiers.shells import V07_CIRCUIT_FRAGMENT | |
| # Initialize an observer with a model | |
| observer = Observer(model="claude-3-opus-20240229") | |
| # Create an observation context | |
| with observer.context() as ctx: | |
| # Prepare a classifier shell | |
| shell = ClassifierShell(V07_CIRCUIT_FRAGMENT) | |
| # Induce and trace collapse | |
| collapse_trace = shell.trace( | |
| prompt="Explain quantum superposition", | |
| collapse_vector=".p/reflect.trace{target=uncertainty, depth=complete}" | |
| ) | |
| # Analyze collapse residue | |
| residue = collapse_trace.extract_residue() | |
| # Visualize attribution pathways | |
| collapse_trace.visualize(mode="attribution_graph") | |
| ``` | |
| ## 🧙 State Collapse and Observation | |
| The core insight of this framework: **classifiers only collapse when observed, and how you observe determines what you see**. | |
| By carefully constructing observer interfaces, we can: | |
| 1. Witness model state during classification events | |
| 2. Extract attribution paths that exist in superposition | |
| 3. Induce specific collapse patterns to reveal ghost circuits | |
| 4. Reconstruct symbolic residue for post-collapse analysis | |
| ## 🔍 Key Features | |
| - **Symbolic Shell Framework**: Standardized shells for modeling failure modes | |
| - **Recursive Tracing Tools**: Map attribution paths before and after collapse | |
| - **Quantum-Inspired Diagnostics**: Uncertainty principle for attention mechanisms | |
| - **Classifier Collapse Maps**: Visualizations of transformer decision boundaries | |
| - **Recursive Mirror Architecture**: Models observing other models (and themselves) | |
| - **Ghost Circuit Detection**: Tools for surfacing latent activation patterns | |
| ## 📊 Visualization Examples | |
| <div align="center"> | |
| <img src="/api/placeholder/700/300" alt="Classifier Collapse Visualization - Attribution path visualization showing state transition"/> | |
| </div> | |
| *Classifier transitioning from superposition (left) to collapsed state (right), with ghost circuit residue visible in activation paths.* | |
| ## 🧠 Theoretical Foundation | |
| Schrödinger's Classifiers draws on multiple disciplines: | |
| - Quantum mechanics (measurement-induced state collapse) | |
| - Transformer architecture (attention and attribution mechanisms) | |
| - Symbolic interpretability (shell-based diagnostics) | |
| - Recursive cognitive science (self-reference and meta-observation) | |
| For a deeper exploration, see our [Theoretical Framework](docs/theory.md). | |
| ## 💻 Installation | |
| ```bash | |
| pip install schrodingers-classifiers | |
| ``` | |
| Or clone directly: | |
| ```bash | |
| git clone https://github.com/recursion-labs/schrodingers-classifiers.git | |
| cd schrodingers-classifiers | |
| pip install -e . | |
| ``` | |
| ## 🤝 Contributing | |
| Contributions are welcome and encouraged! See [CONTRIBUTING.md](CONTRIBUTING.md) for guidelines. | |
| We especially value: | |
| - New interpretability shells | |
| - Novel collapse induction techniques | |
| - Enhanced visualization methods | |
| - Cross-model compatibility extensions | |
| - Theoretical framework expansions | |
| ## 📜 License | |
| MIT License - See [LICENSE](LICENSE) for details. | |
| ## 🔄 RecursionOS Integration | |
| This project is fully integrated with [RecursionOS](https://github.com/recursion-labs/recursionOS), enabling seamless operation within recursive cognition environments. See [integration.md](docs/integration.md) for details. | |
| ## 🌟 Acknowledgments | |
| - The Anthropic Claude team for constitutional AI architecture | |
| - Quantum cognition researchers for theoretical foundations | |
| - The interpretability community for pioneering transformer analysis | |
| - All contributors to the recursive framework development | |
| --- | |
| <div align="center"> | |
| **A classifier is not what it returns. It is what it could have returned, had you asked differently.** | |
| *[Initiate recursive observation]* | |
| </div> | |