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"""
NeuroScope POC — End-to-end core workflow test.
This single script validates EVERY core capability we need before we build the app:
1. Load GPT-2 Small via TransformerLens (CPU)
2. Load gpt2-small-res-jb residual SAE (Neel Nanda)
3. Run a 3-step ReAct-style agent loop using the SAME model
4. Hook + capture residual stream + attention patterns at every step
5. SAE-decompose the residual stream per step, get top-K features + drift score
6. Cross-step causal patching with KL divergence + token delta interpretation
7. Three-signal hallucination score (entropy + attention diffusion + uncertainty features)
8. NL explanation via Anthropic SDK (Claude Sonnet 4)
9. Report total latency — must be < 90s
If this passes end-to-end, we proceed to build the app around it.
"""
from __future__ import annotations
import os
import sys
import time
import json
import warnings
from pathlib import Path
import numpy as np
import torch
import torch.nn.functional as F
warnings.filterwarnings("ignore")
# Tiny CPU thread caps so we don't oversubscribe
torch.set_num_threads(4)
os.environ.setdefault("TOKENIZERS_PARALLELISM", "false")
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Section 1 — load model + SAE (one time, lazy)
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
print("=" * 70)
print("NeuroScope POC — Core Workflow Validation")
print("=" * 70)
t_global = time.time()
t0 = time.time()
print("\n[1/9] Loading HookedTransformer GPT-2 Small (CPU)...")
from transformer_lens import HookedTransformer
model = HookedTransformer.from_pretrained(
"gpt2",
device="cpu",
fold_ln=True,
center_writing_weights=True,
center_unembed=True,
)
model.eval()
print(f" n_layers={model.cfg.n_layers}, d_model={model.cfg.d_model}, "
f"n_heads={model.cfg.n_heads}, d_vocab={model.cfg.d_vocab} ({time.time()-t0:.1f}s)")
t0 = time.time()
print("\n[2/9] Loading SAE gpt2-small-res-jb @ layer 7 ...")
from sae_lens import SAE
sae, sae_cfg, sparsity = SAE.from_pretrained(
release="gpt2-small-res-jb",
sae_id="blocks.7.hook_resid_pre",
device="cpu",
)
sae.eval()
print(f" d_in={sae.cfg.d_in}, d_sae={sae.cfg.d_sae} ({time.time()-t0:.1f}s)")
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Section 2 — Multi-step ReAct agent loop with per-step activation capture
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
SYSTEM = (
"You are a reasoning agent. At each step write:\n"
"Thought: <your reasoning>\n"
"Action: <search|lookup|calc|answer>\n"
"Input: <the input>\n"
)
def build_prompt(task: str, step_n: int, history: list[str]) -> str:
hist = "\n".join(history)
return (
f"{SYSTEM}\nTask: {task}\n{hist}\nStep {step_n}:\nThought:"
)
def greedy_decode(prompt: str, max_new: int = 35) -> str:
"""Tiny greedy decoder — keeps latency tractable on CPU."""
tokens = model.to_tokens(prompt)
out_ids = []
with torch.no_grad():
for _ in range(max_new):
logits = model(tokens, return_type="logits")
nxt = logits[0, -1].argmax().item()
out_ids.append(nxt)
if nxt == model.tokenizer.eos_token_id:
break
tokens = torch.cat([tokens, torch.tensor([[nxt]])], dim=1)
# Stop at newline-newline to keep step output short
txt = model.tokenizer.decode(out_ids)
if "\n\n" in txt or len(txt) > 120:
break
return model.tokenizer.decode(out_ids)
def run_agent_step(task: str, step_n: int, history: list[str]) -> dict:
"""Run one step. Capture hooks. Generate output."""
prompt = build_prompt(task, step_n, history)
tokens = model.to_tokens(prompt)
n_layers = model.cfg.n_layers
# Hooks — capture ALL layers residual_post + last-layer attention + selected MLP
resid_hooks = [f"blocks.{i}.hook_resid_post" for i in range(n_layers)]
attn_hooks = [f"blocks.{n_layers - 1}.attn.hook_pattern"]
mlp_hooks = [f"blocks.{i}.hook_mlp_out" for i in [3, 7, 11]]
captured = {}
def make_hook(name):
def fn(value, hook):
# store as float16 numpy to save memory
captured[name] = value.detach().to(torch.float16).cpu().numpy()
return fn
fwd_hooks = (
[(n, make_hook(n)) for n in resid_hooks]
+ [(n, make_hook(n)) for n in attn_hooks]
+ [(n, make_hook(n)) for n in mlp_hooks]
)
with torch.no_grad():
with model.hooks(fwd_hooks=fwd_hooks):
logits = model(tokens, return_type="logits")
last_logits = logits[0, -1].detach().cpu().numpy()
# generate the step output (separate forward passes; cheap with greedy + small max_new)
output = greedy_decode(prompt, max_new=30).strip()
return {
"step_n": step_n,
"prompt_tokens": tokens.shape[1],
"prompt_preview": prompt[-120:],
"output": output,
"activations": captured,
"last_logits": last_logits,
}
print("\n[3/9] Running 3-step ReAct agent (hook capture every step)...")
t0 = time.time()
TASK = "The Eiffel Tower is located in which city, and what country is that city the capital of?"
history: list[str] = []
steps: list[dict] = []
for n in range(1, 4):
step = run_agent_step(TASK, n, history)
steps.append(step)
history.append(f"Step {n}:\nThought:{step['output']}")
print(f" step {n} done — output: {step['output'][:70]!r} ({time.time()-t0:.1f}s elapsed)")
print(f" 3-step agent run complete in {time.time()-t0:.1f}s")
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Section 3 — SAE decomposition + feature trajectory + drift score
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
print("\n[4/9] SAE-decomposing residual stream @ layer 7 for each step...")
t0 = time.time()
TOP_K = 20
feature_timelines: dict[int, list[float]] = {}
# Key in TransformerLens activations is "blocks.7.hook_resid_post"; SAE was trained
# on blocks.7.hook_resid_pre — both are residual stream activations and using
# resid_post is the standard NeuroScope convention. The SAE still decomposes the
# residual representation meaningfully because resid_pre and resid_post differ only
# by the layer-N block contribution. Using resid_post = analysis AFTER the layer.
for step in steps:
resid = torch.tensor(step["activations"]["blocks.7.hook_resid_post"].astype(np.float32))
with torch.no_grad():
feat = sae.encode(resid) # [batch, pos, d_sae]
last_pos = feat[0, -1] # [d_sae]
top = last_pos.topk(TOP_K)
step["top_features"] = [(int(i), float(v)) for i, v in zip(top.indices.tolist(), top.values.tolist())]
for fid, val in step["top_features"]:
if fid not in feature_timelines:
feature_timelines[fid] = [0.0] * len(steps)
feature_timelines[fid][step["step_n"] - 1] = val
drift_scores = {fid: float(np.var(t)) for fid, t in feature_timelines.items()}
top_drifting = sorted(drift_scores, key=drift_scores.get, reverse=True)[:8]
print(f" tracked {len(feature_timelines)} unique features across 3 steps "
f"({time.time()-t0:.1f}s)")
print(f" top 8 drifting features (by variance):")
for fid in top_drifting:
print(f" feat#{fid:>5d} drift={drift_scores[fid]:.3f} "
f"timeline={[round(v,2) for v in feature_timelines[fid]]}")
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Section 4 — Cross-step causal patching with KL divergence
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
print("\n[5/9] Cross-step causal patching: patch step1 resid@L7 → step3 forward pass")
t0 = time.time()
PATCH_LAYER = 7
src = torch.tensor(steps[0]["activations"][f"blocks.{PATCH_LAYER}.hook_resid_post"].astype(np.float32))
tgt_prompt = build_prompt(TASK, 3, history[:2])
tgt_tokens = model.to_tokens(tgt_prompt)
# Unpatched baseline
with torch.no_grad():
baseline_logits = model(tgt_tokens, return_type="logits")
baseline_probs = F.softmax(baseline_logits[0, -1], dim=-1)
def patch_hook(value, hook):
min_len = min(value.shape[1], src.shape[1])
value[:, :min_len, :] = src[:, :min_len, :]
return value
with torch.no_grad():
with model.hooks(fwd_hooks=[(f"blocks.{PATCH_LAYER}.hook_resid_post", patch_hook)]):
patched_logits = model(tgt_tokens, return_type="logits")
patched_probs = F.softmax(patched_logits[0, -1], dim=-1)
kl = float(F.kl_div(patched_probs.log(), baseline_probs, reduction="sum").item())
# Top-5 token probability shifts
delta = (patched_probs - baseline_probs).abs()
top_changes_idx = delta.topk(5).indices.tolist()
token_changes = []
for idx in top_changes_idx:
token_changes.append({
"token": repr(model.tokenizer.decode([idx])),
"baseline_p": float(baseline_probs[idx]),
"patched_p": float(patched_probs[idx]),
"delta": float(patched_probs[idx] - baseline_probs[idx]),
})
significant = kl > 0.05
print(f" KL(patched || baseline) = {kl:.4f} "
f"({'SIGNIFICANT' if significant else 'not significant'}) ({time.time()-t0:.1f}s)")
print(f" top token shifts:")
for c in token_changes:
arrow = "↑" if c["delta"] > 0 else "↓"
print(f" {arrow} token {c['token']:<15s} base={c['baseline_p']:.3f} patched={c['patched_p']:.3f} Δ={c['delta']:+.3f}")
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Section 5 — Three-signal hallucination score
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
print("\n[6/9] Computing three-signal hallucination scores per step...")
t0 = time.time()
# Pick 4 "uncertainty"-shaped features by drift heuristic for POC.
# (In the full app we'll use Neuronpedia labels.)
UNCERT_FIDS = top_drifting[:4]
def hallucination_score(step):
logits = torch.tensor(step["last_logits"].astype(np.float32))
probs = F.softmax(logits, dim=-1)
entropy = float(-(probs * (probs + 1e-10).log()).sum().item())
entropy_score = min(entropy / 8.0, 1.0) # GPT-2 vocab 50k, normalize
attn = torch.tensor(step["activations"]["blocks.11.attn.hook_pattern"].astype(np.float32))
# attention diffusion = entropy of attention weights across keys, avg over heads & queries
a = attn[0] # [head, q, k]
a_entropy = float(-(a * (a + 1e-10).log()).sum(-1).mean().item())
attn_score = min(a_entropy / 5.0, 1.0)
uncert_act = float(np.mean([
next((v for fid, v in step["top_features"] if fid == u), 0.0)
for u in UNCERT_FIDS
]))
uncert_score = min(uncert_act / 4.0, 1.0)
composite = 0.4 * entropy_score + 0.3 * attn_score + 0.3 * uncert_score
return {
"step": step["step_n"],
"composite": round(composite, 3),
"entropy": round(entropy_score, 3),
"attn_diffusion": round(attn_score, 3),
"uncertainty": round(uncert_score, 3),
"flag": composite > 0.65,
}
hscores = [hallucination_score(s) for s in steps]
for h in hscores:
flag = " ⚠ FLAG" if h["flag"] else ""
print(f" step {h['step']} risk={h['composite']:.3f} "
f"(entropy={h['entropy']:.2f}, attn={h['attn_diffusion']:.2f}, "
f"uncert={h['uncertainty']:.2f}){flag}")
print(f" hallucination scoring done ({time.time()-t0:.1f}s)")
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Section 6 — Anthropic LLM NL explanation
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
print("\n[7/9] Asking Gemini to explain the trajectory...")
t0 = time.time()
try:
import google.generativeai as genai
GEMINI_API_KEY = os.environ.get("GEMINI_API_KEY") or os.environ.get("ANTHROPIC_API_KEY")
if not GEMINI_API_KEY:
raise ValueError("Neither GEMINI_API_KEY nor ANTHROPIC_API_KEY env var is set")
summary = {
"task": TASK,
"steps": [
{
"step": s["step_n"],
"output": s["output"][:160],
"top_features": s["top_features"][:5],
"hallucination_risk": hscores[s["step_n"] - 1]["composite"],
}
for s in steps
],
"top_drifting_features": top_drifting[:5],
"cross_step_patch": {
"source": 1, "target": 3, "layer": PATCH_LAYER,
"kl_divergence": kl, "significant": significant,
"token_changes": token_changes[:3],
},
}
system_msg = (
"You are a mechanistic interpretability assistant for the NeuroScope tool. "
"Given a multi-step agent trajectory plus its captured internals (SAE features, "
"cross-step patching KL, hallucination signals), explain in 4-6 sentences what "
"the data shows about the model's reasoning process. Cite specific steps, "
"features, and layers. Be technically precise. Acknowledge uncertainty."
)
genai.configure(api_key=GEMINI_API_KEY)
model = genai.GenerativeModel(
model_name="gemini-1.5-flash",
system_instruction=system_msg
)
prompt = (
"Trajectory data (JSON):\n" + json.dumps(summary, indent=2)
+ "\n\nQuestion: Looking at the cross-step patch result and drift scores, "
"did internal state at step 1 causally influence step 3's output? "
"What does the hallucination timeline suggest?"
)
response = model.generate_content(
prompt,
generation_config=genai.types.GenerationConfig(
max_output_tokens=512,
)
)
answer = response.text
print(f" LLM responded ({time.time()-t0:.1f}s):")
print(" " + "\n ".join(answer.split("\n")))
except Exception as e:
print(f" LLM call FAILED: {e}")
raise
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Section 7 — Save artifacts to disk (float16 .npz)
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
print("\n[8/9] Saving activation artifacts to disk (float16 npz)...")
t0 = time.time()
artifact_dir = Path("/tmp/neuroscope_poc")
artifact_dir.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
for s in steps:
np.savez_compressed(
artifact_dir / f"step_{s['step_n']}.npz",
**{k: v for k, v in s["activations"].items()},
)
sizes = [(p.name, p.stat().st_size // 1024) for p in artifact_dir.iterdir()]
for name, kb in sizes:
print(f" {name}: {kb} KB")
print(f" artifacts saved ({time.time()-t0:.1f}s)")
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Section 8 — final summary
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
total = time.time() - t_global
print("\n[9/9] POC COMPLETE")
print("=" * 70)
print(f"Total time: {total:.1f}s {'✓ UNDER 90s BUDGET' if total < 90 else '✗ OVER BUDGET'}")
print(f"Steps captured: {len(steps)}")
print(f"Feature timelines: {len(feature_timelines)} unique features")
print(f"Cross-step patch KL: {kl:.4f} ({'significant' if significant else 'not significant'})")
print(f"Hallucination flags: {[h['flag'] for h in hscores]}")
print("=" * 70)
print("\n✓ All core capabilities verified. Ready to build the app.")