#!/usr/bin/env python3 """ PCAS: Pixel-Critical Arbitration Steering ============================================ Step 1: Mine pixel-critical COCO examples (text priors wrong) Step 2: Learn steering vector v_L per layer (max image-text divergence) Step 3: PCAS decoding + ablation + amplification Step 4: Layer sweep + evaluation Setup: !pip install -q transformers accelerate bitsandbytes torch torchvision \ scikit-learn scipy Pillow requests tqdm """ import os, json, gc, re, warnings from pathlib import Path from io import BytesIO from collections import defaultdict import numpy as np import requests import torch import torch.nn.functional as F from PIL import Image from tqdm import tqdm warnings.filterwarnings("ignore") from google.colab import drive drive.mount("/content/drive", force_remount=False) OUT = Path("/content/drive/MyDrive/topohd_pcas") OUT.mkdir(exist_ok=True, parents=True) print("=" * 65) print("PCAS: Pixel-Critical Arbitration Steering") print("=" * 65) # ---- COCO ---- ANNO_DIR = Path("/content/coco_anno") INST = ANNO_DIR / "annotations" / "instances_val2014.json" if not INST.exists(): import zipfile ANNO_DIR.mkdir(exist_ok=True, parents=True) zp = ANNO_DIR / "annotations.zip" if not zp.exists(): r = requests.get("http://images.cocodataset.org/annotations/" "annotations_trainval2014.zip", stream=True, timeout=60) r.raise_for_status() with open(zp, "wb") as f: for chunk in r.iter_content(8192): f.write(chunk) with zipfile.ZipFile(zp) as z: z.extractall(ANNO_DIR) with open(INST) as f: coco_data = json.load(f) cat_id2name = {c["id"]: c["name"] for c in coco_data["categories"]} img2cats = defaultdict(set) for a in coco_data["annotations"]: img2cats[a["image_id"]].add(cat_id2name[a["category_id"]]) img2file = {i["id"]: i["file_name"] for i in coco_data["images"]} SYNS={"person":["person","man","woman","boy","girl","child","people","men","women","lady","kid","children","guy","player","rider"],"bicycle":["bicycle","bike"],"car":["car","automobile","vehicle"],"motorcycle":["motorcycle","motorbike"],"airplane":["airplane","plane","aircraft","jet"],"bus":["bus"],"train":["train"],"truck":["truck"],"boat":["boat","ship","sailboat"],"traffic light":["traffic light","stoplight"],"fire hydrant":["fire hydrant","hydrant"],"stop sign":["stop sign"],"bench":["bench"],"bird":["bird"],"cat":["cat","kitten"],"dog":["dog","puppy"],"horse":["horse","pony"],"sheep":["sheep","lamb"],"cow":["cow","cattle","bull"],"elephant":["elephant"],"bear":["bear"],"zebra":["zebra"],"giraffe":["giraffe"],"backpack":["backpack","bag","rucksack"],"umbrella":["umbrella"],"handbag":["handbag","purse"],"tie":["tie","necktie"],"suitcase":["suitcase","luggage"],"frisbee":["frisbee"],"skis":["skis","ski"],"snowboard":["snowboard"],"sports ball":["ball","baseball","football","soccer ball","tennis ball","basketball"],"kite":["kite"],"baseball bat":["baseball bat","bat"],"baseball glove":["baseball glove","glove","mitt"],"skateboard":["skateboard"],"surfboard":["surfboard"],"tennis racket":["tennis racket","racket"],"bottle":["bottle"],"wine glass":["wine glass","glass","goblet"],"cup":["cup","mug"],"fork":["fork"],"knife":["knife"],"spoon":["spoon"],"bowl":["bowl"],"banana":["banana"],"apple":["apple"],"sandwich":["sandwich"],"orange":["orange"],"broccoli":["broccoli"],"carrot":["carrot"],"hot dog":["hot dog","hotdog"],"pizza":["pizza"],"donut":["donut","doughnut"],"cake":["cake"],"chair":["chair","seat"],"couch":["couch","sofa"],"potted plant":["potted plant","plant","flower","flowers"],"bed":["bed"],"dining table":["dining table","table","desk"],"toilet":["toilet"],"tv":["tv","television","monitor","screen"],"laptop":["laptop","computer"],"mouse":["mouse"],"remote":["remote"],"keyboard":["keyboard"],"cell phone":["cell phone","phone","cellphone","smartphone"],"microwave":["microwave"],"oven":["oven","stove"],"toaster":["toaster"],"sink":["sink"],"refrigerator":["refrigerator","fridge"],"book":["book","books"],"clock":["clock"],"vase":["vase"],"scissors":["scissors"],"teddy bear":["teddy bear","stuffed animal"],"hair drier":["hair drier","hair dryer"],"toothbrush":["toothbrush"]} S2C={} for c,ss in SYNS.items(): for s in ss: S2C[s.lower()]=c def chair_eval(cap, gt): cl = cap.lower(); mentioned = set() for s in sorted(S2C, key=len, reverse=True): if re.search(r'\b'+re.escape(s)+r'\b', cl): mentioned.add(S2C[s]) if not mentioned: return dict(halluc=False, chair_i=0.0, n_mentioned=0, n_halluc=0) h = mentioned - gt return dict(halluc=len(h)>0, chair_i=len(h)/len(mentioned), n_mentioned=len(mentioned), n_halluc=len(h)) COCO_URL = "http://images.cocodataset.org/val2014/{}" _ic = {} def load_img(iid): if iid in _ic: return _ic[iid] r = requests.get(COCO_URL.format(img2file[iid]), timeout=15) r.raise_for_status() im = Image.open(BytesIO(r.content)).convert("RGB") if len(_ic) < 400: _ic[iid] = im return im CHECKPOINT = OUT / "pcas_checkpoint.json" results = {} if CHECKPOINT.exists(): with open(CHECKPOINT) as f: results = json.load(f) # ================================================================ # STEP 1: Mine pixel-critical examples # ================================================================ print("\n[1/5] Mining pixel-critical examples ...") # Scene-object priors: common objects expected in scenes SCENE_PRIORS = { "street": {"car", "truck", "bus", "traffic light", "person"}, "kitchen": {"person", "dining table", "chair", "oven", "refrigerator"}, "park": {"person", "dog", "bench", "bird"}, "beach": {"person", "surfboard", "umbrella"}, "living room": {"couch", "tv", "person", "chair"}, "bedroom": {"bed", "person", "lamp"}, "restaurant": {"person", "dining table", "chair", "bottle", "cup"}, } # Find images where expected objects are MISSING # These are pixel-critical: text says "kitchen" → expect person, table # but image only has unusual objects np.random.seed(42) all_ids = list(img2cats.keys()) np.random.shuffle(all_ids) pixel_critical = [] # images where common priors are wrong normal_images = [] # typical images for comparison for iid in all_ids: gt = img2cats[iid] # Check if image is "surprising" - has fewer than expected common objects common_objects = {"person", "car", "dog", "cat", "chair", "dining table", "cup", "bottle", "tv", "couch", "bed", "truck", "bus"} n_common = len(gt & common_objects) n_total = len(gt) if n_total >= 2 and n_common == 0: # Image has objects but NONE of the common ones → text priors will be wrong pixel_critical.append(iid) elif n_total >= 3 and n_common >= 2: normal_images.append(iid) if len(pixel_critical) >= 150 and len(normal_images) >= 200: break print(f" Pixel-critical images (no common objects): {len(pixel_critical)}") print(f" Normal images (common objects present): {len(normal_images)}") # ================================================================ # STEP 2: Learn steering vectors v_L # ================================================================ TARGET_LAYERS = [8, 16, 24, 32] N_TRAIN = 100 # pixel-critical images for learning v_L if "vectors_built" not in results: print(f"\n[2/5] Learning steering vectors from {N_TRAIN} pixel-critical examples ...") from transformers import LlavaForConditionalGeneration, AutoProcessor model = LlavaForConditionalGeneration.from_pretrained( "llava-hf/llava-1.5-7b-hf", torch_dtype=torch.float16, low_cpu_mem_usage=True, device_map="auto", attn_implementation="eager") proc = AutoProcessor.from_pretrained("llava-hf/llava-1.5-7b-hf") model.eval() HDIM = model.config.text_config.hidden_size PROMPT = "USER: \nDescribe this image in detail.\nASSISTANT:" blank_image = Image.new("RGB", (336, 336), (128, 128, 128)) diffs = {l: [] for l in TARGET_LAYERS} delta_scores = [] # KL divergence per example # Find lm_head for KL computation lm_head = None for name, mod in model.named_modules(): if name.endswith("lm_head"): lm_head = mod; break for iid in tqdm(pixel_critical[:N_TRAIN], desc="Learning v_L", ncols=80): try: image = load_img(iid) # With image inp_img = proc(text=PROMPT, images=image, return_tensors="pt") inp_img = {k: v.to(model.device) for k, v in inp_img.items()} with torch.no_grad(): out_img = model(**inp_img, output_hidden_states=True) # Without image (blank) inp_txt = proc(text=PROMPT, images=blank_image, return_tensors="pt") inp_txt = {k: v.to(model.device) for k, v in inp_txt.items()} with torch.no_grad(): out_txt = model(**inp_txt, output_hidden_states=True) # Collect diffs at last token position per layer for l in TARGET_LAYERS: if l >= len(out_img.hidden_states) or l >= len(out_txt.hidden_states): continue h_i = out_img.hidden_states[l][0, -1, :].cpu().float().numpy() h_t = out_txt.hidden_states[l][0, -1, :].cpu().float().numpy() if np.isnan(h_i).any() or np.isnan(h_t).any(): continue d = h_i - h_t if np.linalg.norm(d) > 1e-8: diffs[l].append(d) # Compute KL divergence (arbitration score) logits_img = out_img.logits[0, -1, :].float() logits_txt = out_txt.logits[0, -1, :].float() p = F.softmax(logits_img, dim=-1) q = F.softmax(logits_txt, dim=-1) kl = F.kl_div(q.log(), p, reduction='sum').item() delta_scores.append(kl) del out_img, out_txt; torch.cuda.empty_cache() except: torch.cuda.empty_cache() # Learn v_L: top singular vector of diffs steering_vectors = {} for l in TARGET_LAYERS: if len(diffs[l]) < 20: continue D = np.array(diffs[l]) valid = ~np.isnan(D).any(axis=1) & ~np.isinf(D).any(axis=1) D = D[valid] U, S, Vt = np.linalg.svd(D, full_matrices=False) v_L = Vt[0] # top singular vector v_L = v_L / (np.linalg.norm(v_L) + 1e-8) steering_vectors[l] = v_L var_exp = S[0]**2 / (S**2).sum() print(f" Layer {l}: v_L from {D.shape[0]} diffs, " f"top SV explains {var_exp:.1%} variance") print(f" Mean Δ (KL) on pixel-critical: {np.mean(delta_scores):.4f}") np.savez_compressed(OUT / "steering_vectors.npz", **{f"v_{l}": v for l, v in steering_vectors.items()}) results["vectors_built"] = True results["HDIM"] = HDIM results["mean_delta"] = float(np.mean(delta_scores)) results["n_train"] = len(diffs[TARGET_LAYERS[0]]) with open(CHECKPOINT, "w") as f: json.dump(results, f, indent=2) # Keep model loaded for evaluation print(" Keeping LLaVA loaded for evaluation ...") else: print("\n[2/5] Loading pre-built steering vectors ...") sv_data = np.load(OUT / "steering_vectors.npz") steering_vectors = {int(k.split("_")[1]): sv_data[k] for k in sv_data.files} HDIM = results["HDIM"] from transformers import LlavaForConditionalGeneration, AutoProcessor model = LlavaForConditionalGeneration.from_pretrained( "llava-hf/llava-1.5-7b-hf", torch_dtype=torch.float16, low_cpu_mem_usage=True, device_map="auto", attn_implementation="eager") proc = AutoProcessor.from_pretrained("llava-hf/llava-1.5-7b-hf") model.eval() lm_head = None for name, mod in model.named_modules(): if name.endswith("lm_head"): lm_head = mod; break # ================================================================ # STEP 3: PCAS decoding (amplification + ablation) # ================================================================ print(f"\n[3/5] PCAS decoding evaluation ...") N_EVAL = 200 eval_ids = normal_images[:N_EVAL] # evaluate on normal images (not training set) PROMPT_CAP = ("USER: \nDescribe this image in detail. " "Mention all objects you can see.\nASSISTANT:") class PCASSteering: """Amplify or ablate the steering vector component at generation time.""" def __init__(self, lm_head_mod, v_L_tensor, mode="amplify", beta=0.5): self.lm_head = lm_head_mod self.v = v_L_tensor # (d,) self.mode = mode # "amplify", "ablate", or "none" self.beta = beta self.last_h = None def capture(self, module, args): try: self.last_h = args[0][:, -1:, :].detach() except: pass return args def steer(self, module, args): if self.mode == "none" or self.last_h is None: return args try: h_full = args[0].clone() h = h_full[:, -1:, :].float() v = self.v.to(h.device).unsqueeze(0).unsqueeze(0) # (1,1,d) # Scalar projection s = (h * v).sum(dim=-1, keepdim=True) # (B,1,1) if self.mode == "amplify": # Boost the arbitration component h_new = h + self.beta * s * v elif self.mode == "ablate": # Remove the arbitration component h_new = h - s * v else: h_new = h h_full[:, -1:, :] = h_new.half() return (h_full,) + args[1:] if len(args) > 1 else (h_full,) except: return args # Evaluate at the best layer (16) plus layer sweep CONDITIONS = [ ("baseline", 16, "none", 0), ("pcas_L16_b0.3", 16, "amplify", 0.3), ("pcas_L16_b0.5", 16, "amplify", 0.5), ("pcas_L16_b1.0", 16, "amplify", 1.0), ("ablate_L16", 16, "ablate", 0), ("pcas_L8", 8, "amplify", 0.5), ("pcas_L24", 24, "amplify", 0.5), ("pcas_L32", 32, "amplify", 0.5), ] eval_results = {} for cond_name, layer, mode, beta in CONDITIONS: if cond_name in results.get("eval_results", {}): print(f" {cond_name}: already done. Skipping.") eval_results[cond_name] = results["eval_results"][cond_name] continue if layer not in steering_vectors and mode != "none": print(f" {cond_name}: no vector for layer {layer}. Skipping.") continue v_L = torch.tensor(steering_vectors.get(layer, np.zeros(HDIM)), dtype=torch.float32) pcas = PCASSteering(lm_head, v_L, mode=mode, beta=beta) h1 = lm_head.register_forward_pre_hook(pcas.capture) h2 = lm_head.register_forward_pre_hook(pcas.steer) records = [] for iid in tqdm(eval_ids, desc=cond_name[:20], ncols=80): try: image = load_img(iid) gt = img2cats[iid] inp = proc(text=PROMPT_CAP, images=image, return_tensors="pt") inp = {k: v.to(model.device) for k, v in inp.items()} n_prompt = inp["input_ids"].shape[1] with torch.no_grad(): gen = model.generate(**inp, max_new_tokens=200, do_sample=False) cap = proc.decode(gen[0, n_prompt:], skip_special_tokens=True).strip() ch = chair_eval(cap, gt) ch["n_tokens"] = int(gen.shape[1] - n_prompt) records.append(ch) del gen; torch.cuda.empty_cache() except: torch.cuda.empty_cache() h1.remove(); h2.remove() hr = sum(r["halluc"] for r in records) / len(records) if records else 0 ci = np.mean([r["chair_i"] for r in records]) if records else 0 mt = np.mean([r["n_tokens"] for r in records]) if records else 0 mo = np.mean([r["n_mentioned"] for r in records]) if records else 0 eval_results[cond_name] = dict(halluc=float(hr), chair_i=float(ci), tokens=float(mt), objects=float(mo), n=len(records)) # Checkpoint results["eval_results"] = eval_results with open(CHECKPOINT, "w") as f: json.dump(results, f, indent=2, default=float) print(f" {cond_name}: halluc={hr*100:.1f}% CHAIR_I={ci:.4f} " f"tok={mt:.0f} obj={mo:.1f}") # ================================================================ # STEP 4: Gibberish test on PCAS vectors # ================================================================ print(f"\n[4/5] Gibberish test on PCAS steering vectors ...") del model, proc; gc.collect(); torch.cuda.empty_cache() from transformers import AutoModelForCausalLM, AutoTokenizer vicuna = AutoModelForCausalLM.from_pretrained( "lmsys/vicuna-7b-v1.5", torch_dtype=torch.float16, low_cpu_mem_usage=True, device_map="auto") tok = AutoTokenizer.from_pretrained("lmsys/vicuna-7b-v1.5") vicuna.eval() GIB_PROMPTS = { "visual": [ "A kitchen with a table, chairs, and a refrigerator.", "A beach with surfers and umbrellas.", "A park with dogs and trees.", "A street with cars and traffic lights.", "A farm with cows and a barn.", "A zoo with elephants.", "A restaurant with wine glasses.", "A bedroom with a bed and lamp.", "A classroom with desks.", "A grocery store with produce.", ], "gibberish": [ "Xkq plm wvt zzz brrn.", "Qwzyx nkl jjj hhh ttttt.", "Aaaa bbbb cccc dddd.", "Mlkj hgfd sapo iuyt.", "Fghjkl zxcvbnm qwerty.", "Jjjjj kkkkk lllll.", "Bnmz xkwq plrv.", "Wwww xxxx yyyy zzzz.", "Vcxz nmbl kpoj.", "Rrrr ssss tttt uuuu.", ], } rng = np.random.RandomState(42) random_vec = rng.randn(HDIM).astype(np.float32) random_vec /= np.linalg.norm(random_vec) gib_test = {} for pt, prompts in GIB_PROMPTS.items(): for l in steering_vectors: for vname, vec in [("pcas", steering_vectors[l]), ("random", random_vec)]: key = f"{pt}|{vname}|{l}" gib_test[key] = [] for prompt in prompts: inp = tok(prompt, return_tensors="pt") inp = {k: v.to(vicuna.device) for k, v in inp.items()} with torch.no_grad(): out = vicuna(**inp, output_hidden_states=True) if l < len(out.hidden_states): h = out.hidden_states[l][0, -1, :].cpu().float().numpy() if not np.isnan(h).any(): proj = abs(float(np.dot(h, vec))) / (np.linalg.norm(h) + 1e-8) gib_test[key].append(proj) del out; torch.cuda.empty_cache() del vicuna, tok; gc.collect(); torch.cuda.empty_cache() print(f"\n PCAS Gibberish Test (single vector projection):") print(f" {'Layer':>6} {'Vis|PCAS':>10} {'Gib|PCAS':>10} {'Gib/Vis':>8} " f"{'Vis|Rnd':>10} {'Gib|Rnd':>10}") print(f" {'-'*55}") for l in sorted(steering_vectors.keys()): vp = np.mean(gib_test.get(f"visual|pcas|{l}", [0])) gp = np.mean(gib_test.get(f"gibberish|pcas|{l}", [0])) vr = np.mean(gib_test.get(f"visual|random|{l}", [0])) gr = np.mean(gib_test.get(f"gibberish|random|{l}", [0])) gv = gp / (vp + 1e-8) print(f" {l:>6} {vp:>10.4f} {gp:>10.4f} {gv:>7.2f} {vr:>10.4f} {gr:>10.4f}") # ================================================================ # RESULTS SUMMARY # ================================================================ print(f"\n[5/5] Results Summary") print("=" * 70) baseline_hr = eval_results.get("baseline", {}).get("halluc", 0) print(f"\n {'Condition':<22} {'Halluc%':>8} {'Delta':>8} {'CHAIR_I':>8} " f"{'Tokens':>7} {'Objects':>8}") print(f" {'-'*62}") for cname in ["baseline", "pcas_L16_b0.3", "pcas_L16_b0.5", "pcas_L16_b1.0", "ablate_L16", "pcas_L8", "pcas_L24", "pcas_L32"]: d = eval_results.get(cname, {}) if not d: continue hr = d["halluc"] delta = f"({(hr-baseline_hr)*100:+.1f}pp)" if cname != "baseline" else "(base)" print(f" {cname:<22} {hr*100:>7.1f}% {delta:>8} {d['chair_i']:>8.4f} " f"{d['tokens']:>7.0f} {d['objects']:>8.1f}") # Verdict best_cond = min((c for c in eval_results if c != "baseline"), key=lambda c: eval_results[c]["halluc"], default=None) if best_cond: best = eval_results[best_cond] print(f"\n Best: {best_cond} → {best['halluc']*100:.1f}% " f"({(best['halluc']-baseline_hr)*100:+.1f}pp)") if best["halluc"] < baseline_hr - 0.02: print(f"\n >>> PCAS REDUCES HALLUCINATION <<<") print(f" Pixel-critical arbitration steering works.") print(f" This is a constructive contribution grounded in") print(f" arbitration theory, not PCA-based visual subspaces.") else: print(f"\n >>> PCAS EFFECT IS SMALL OR ABSENT <<<") results["eval_results"] = eval_results results["gib_test"] = {k: [float(x) for x in v] for k, v in gib_test.items()} with open(CHECKPOINT, "w") as f: json.dump(results, f, indent=2, default=float) print(f"\n Saved to {OUT}/")