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Representation Learning Dynamics Experiment
============================================
How does a model's internal representation respond to continued training
on the same task vs. learning a new one?
Experiment design:
Phase 1: Train model on Task A (modular addition) until convergence
Phase 2: Fork into two branches:
Branch A→A: Continue training on Task A (same task, more data)
Branch A→B: Switch to Task B (modular subtraction)
Track: CKA, subspace angles, gradient alignment, attention entropy,
representation variance explained, probing accuracy — all per layer,
at every checkpoint.
The key contrast reveals what "learning" looks like at the representation
level vs. what "forgetting" looks like — and the precise moment they diverge.
"""
import torch
import torch.nn as nn
import torch.optim as optim
import numpy as np
import json
import os
import copy
import time
from pathlib import Path
from collections import defaultdict
from typing import Dict, List, Optional
from model import SmallTransformer, TransformerConfig
from tasks import (
ModularArithmeticDataset, get_probe_data, get_dataloaders,
DEFAULT_P, NUM_SPECIAL
)
from representation_tracker import (
linear_CKA, svcca, subspace_angles, mean_subspace_angle_degrees,
gradient_alignment, attention_entropy, task_variance_explained,
parameter_delta_cosine, weight_change_magnitude_per_layer,
cka_heatmap
)
def evaluate(model, dataloader, device) -> Dict[str, float]:
"""Evaluate accuracy and loss on a dataset."""
model.eval()
total_loss = 0
total_correct = 0
total_count = 0
with torch.no_grad():
for batch in dataloader:
input_ids = batch['input_ids'].to(device)
labels = batch['labels'].to(device)
out = model(input_ids, labels=labels)
total_loss += out['loss'].item() * input_ids.shape[0]
# Accuracy: check last position prediction
preds = out['logits'][:, -1, :].argmax(dim=-1)
targets = labels[:, -1]
total_correct += (preds == targets).sum().item()
total_count += input_ids.shape[0]
return {
'loss': total_loss / total_count,
'accuracy': total_correct / total_count,
}
def collect_representations(model, probe_input_ids, device,
token_position: int = -1) -> Dict:
"""
Collect all representation data from a single forward pass on probe data.
Returns hidden states, attention patterns, MLP activations.
"""
model.eval()
with torch.no_grad():
out = model(probe_input_ids.to(device), return_internals=True)
# Extract at the answer position (last token)
hidden_states = [hs[:, token_position, :].cpu()
for hs in out['hidden_states']]
attn_weights = [aw.cpu() for aw in out['attn_weights']]
mlp_hidden = [mh[:, token_position, :].cpu()
for mh in out['mlp_hidden']]
return {
'hidden_states': hidden_states,
'attn_weights': attn_weights,
'mlp_hidden': mlp_hidden,
}
def compute_all_metrics(
model, model_init_state, model_phase1_state,
reps_current, reps_at_init, reps_at_phase1_end,
probe_input_ids_a, probe_labels_a,
probe_input_ids_b, probe_labels_b,
device, config
) -> Dict:
"""
Compute the full suite of representation metrics at a single checkpoint.
"""
metrics = {}
n_layers = config.n_layers + 1 # +1 for embedding layer
# === Per-layer metrics ===
for layer_idx in range(n_layers):
prefix = f'layer_{layer_idx}'
curr = reps_current['hidden_states'][layer_idx]
init = reps_at_init['hidden_states'][layer_idx]
p1 = reps_at_phase1_end['hidden_states'][layer_idx]
# CKA vs initialization (how far has the representation drifted?)
metrics[f'{prefix}/cka_vs_init'] = linear_CKA(curr, init)
# CKA vs end of Phase 1 (how much has Phase 2 changed things?)
metrics[f'{prefix}/cka_vs_phase1'] = linear_CKA(curr, p1)
# SVCCA for secondary comparison
metrics[f'{prefix}/svcca_vs_phase1'] = svcca(curr, p1)
# Subspace angle vs Phase 1 end
k = min(10, curr.shape[0] // 2, curr.shape[1])
if k > 0:
metrics[f'{prefix}/subspace_angle_vs_phase1'] = \
mean_subspace_angle_degrees(curr, p1, k=k)
else:
metrics[f'{prefix}/subspace_angle_vs_phase1'] = 0.0
# === Attention entropy per layer ===
for layer_idx, aw in enumerate(reps_current['attn_weights']):
ent = attention_entropy(aw)
metrics[f'layer_{layer_idx+1}/attn_entropy_mean'] = ent['mean_entropy']
for h, he in enumerate(ent['per_head_entropy']):
metrics[f'layer_{layer_idx+1}/head_{h}_entropy'] = he
# === Task A representation variance explained ===
for layer_idx in range(n_layers):
curr = reps_current['hidden_states'][layer_idx]
if len(set(probe_labels_a.tolist())) > 1:
tve = task_variance_explained(
curr, torch.tensor(probe_labels_a, dtype=torch.float), n_components=10
)
metrics[f'layer_{layer_idx}/task_a_var_explained'] = tve['weighted_r2']
# === Parameter-space: weight change magnitude ===
current_state = {k: v.cpu() for k, v in model.state_dict().items()}
wc_from_init = weight_change_magnitude_per_layer(model_init_state, current_state)
wc_from_p1 = weight_change_magnitude_per_layer(model_phase1_state, current_state)
# Aggregate per block
for block_idx in range(config.n_layers):
init_total = sum(v for k, v in wc_from_init.items()
if f'blocks.{block_idx}' in k)
p1_total = sum(v for k, v in wc_from_p1.items()
if f'blocks.{block_idx}' in k)
metrics[f'block_{block_idx}/weight_change_from_init'] = init_total
metrics[f'block_{block_idx}/weight_change_from_phase1'] = p1_total
return metrics
def train_phase(
model, optimizer, dataloader, n_epochs: int,
device, phase_name: str,
# For metric collection
model_init_state, model_phase1_state,
reps_at_init, reps_at_phase1_end,
probe_input_ids_a, probe_labels_a,
probe_input_ids_b, probe_labels_b,
eval_loaders: Dict,
config: TransformerConfig,
checkpoint_every: int = 50, # steps between metric collection
output_dir: str = 'results',
) -> List[Dict]:
"""
Train for n_epochs, collecting representation metrics periodically.
"""
history = []
global_step = 0
os.makedirs(output_dir, exist_ok=True)
for epoch in range(n_epochs):
model.train()
epoch_loss = 0
n_batches = 0
for batch in dataloader:
input_ids = batch['input_ids'].to(device)
labels = batch['labels'].to(device)
out = model(input_ids, labels=labels)
loss = out['loss']
optimizer.zero_grad()
loss.backward()
optimizer.step()
epoch_loss += loss.item()
n_batches += 1
global_step += 1
# Collect metrics at checkpoint intervals
if global_step % checkpoint_every == 0:
model.eval()
# Get current representations on probe data
reps_current = collect_representations(
model, probe_input_ids_a, device
)
# Compute all metrics
step_metrics = compute_all_metrics(
model, model_init_state, model_phase1_state,
reps_current, reps_at_init, reps_at_phase1_end,
probe_input_ids_a, probe_labels_a,
probe_input_ids_b, probe_labels_b,
device, config
)
# Evaluate on all datasets
for name, loader in eval_loaders.items():
eval_res = evaluate(model, loader, device)
step_metrics[f'eval/{name}_loss'] = eval_res['loss']
step_metrics[f'eval/{name}_acc'] = eval_res['accuracy']
# Gradient alignment between tasks
# Get one batch from each task
batch_a = next(iter(eval_loaders['add_test']))
batch_b = next(iter(eval_loaders['subtract_test']))
def loss_fn(m, b):
return m(b['input_ids'].to(device),
labels=b['labels'].to(device))['loss']
try:
ga = gradient_alignment(model, batch_a, batch_b, loss_fn)
step_metrics['gradient_alignment_a_vs_b'] = ga
except Exception:
step_metrics['gradient_alignment_a_vs_b'] = 0.0
step_metrics['phase'] = phase_name
step_metrics['epoch'] = epoch
step_metrics['step'] = global_step
step_metrics['train_loss'] = epoch_loss / n_batches
history.append(step_metrics)
print(f"[{phase_name}] Step {global_step} | "
f"Loss: {epoch_loss/n_batches:.4f} | "
f"Add acc: {step_metrics.get('eval/add_test_acc', 0):.3f} | "
f"Sub acc: {step_metrics.get('eval/subtract_test_acc', 0):.3f} | "
f"CKA(L1 vs P1): {step_metrics.get('layer_1/cka_vs_phase1', 0):.3f} | "
f"Grad align: {step_metrics.get('gradient_alignment_a_vs_b', 0):.3f}")
model.train()
# End of epoch eval
print(f"[{phase_name}] Epoch {epoch+1}/{n_epochs} complete, "
f"avg loss: {epoch_loss/n_batches:.4f}")
return history
def run_experiment(
p: int = DEFAULT_P,
n_layers: int = 2,
d_model: int = 128,
n_heads: int = 4,
d_mlp: int = 512,
phase1_epochs: int = 100,
phase2_epochs: int = 100,
lr: float = 1e-3,
weight_decay: float = 1.0,
batch_size: int = 512,
train_frac: float = 0.5,
checkpoint_every: int = 50,
output_dir: str = 'results',
seed: int = 42,
):
"""
Run the full two-phase experiment.
"""
torch.manual_seed(seed)
np.random.seed(seed)
device = torch.device('cuda' if torch.cuda.is_available() else 'cpu')
print(f"Using device: {device}")
# === Setup ===
config = TransformerConfig(
vocab_size=p + NUM_SPECIAL,
n_layers=n_layers,
d_model=d_model,
n_heads=n_heads,
d_mlp=d_mlp,
max_seq_len=5,
)
model = SmallTransformer(config).to(device)
print(f"Model parameters: {model.count_parameters():,}")
# Save initial state
model_init_state = {k: v.cpu().clone() for k, v in model.state_dict().items()}
# Dataloaders
loaders = get_dataloaders(p=p, batch_size=batch_size,
train_frac=train_frac, seed=seed)
# Probe datasets (fixed subsets for consistent metric computation)
ds_a = ModularArithmeticDataset('add', p=p, split='test', train_frac=train_frac, seed=seed)
ds_b = ModularArithmeticDataset('subtract', p=p, split='test', train_frac=train_frac, seed=seed)
probe_ids_a, probe_labels_a = get_probe_data(ds_a, n_samples=min(500, len(ds_a)))
probe_ids_b, probe_labels_b = get_probe_data(ds_b, n_samples=min(500, len(ds_b)))
# Initial representations
reps_at_init = collect_representations(model, probe_ids_a, device)
# ===========================
# PHASE 1: Train on Task A
# ===========================
print("\n" + "=" * 60)
print("PHASE 1: Training on Task A (Modular Addition)")
print("=" * 60)
optimizer = optim.AdamW(model.parameters(), lr=lr, weight_decay=weight_decay)
# Dummy phase1 state for Phase 1 tracking (use init)
phase1_history = train_phase(
model=model,
optimizer=optimizer,
dataloader=loaders['add_train'],
n_epochs=phase1_epochs,
device=device,
phase_name='phase1_add',
model_init_state=model_init_state,
model_phase1_state=model_init_state, # placeholder
reps_at_init=reps_at_init,
reps_at_phase1_end=reps_at_init, # placeholder
probe_input_ids_a=probe_ids_a,
probe_labels_a=probe_labels_a,
probe_input_ids_b=probe_ids_b,
probe_labels_b=probe_labels_b,
eval_loaders=loaders,
config=config,
checkpoint_every=checkpoint_every,
output_dir=output_dir,
)
# Save Phase 1 endpoint
model_phase1_state = {k: v.cpu().clone() for k, v in model.state_dict().items()}
reps_at_phase1_end = collect_representations(model, probe_ids_a, device)
phase1_final_eval = evaluate(model, loaders['add_test'], device)
print(f"\nPhase 1 final — Add accuracy: {phase1_final_eval['accuracy']:.3f}")
# Save Phase 1 checkpoint
torch.save(model.state_dict(), os.path.join(output_dir, 'phase1_checkpoint.pt'))
# ===========================
# PHASE 2: Fork into A→A and A→B
# ===========================
# Branch A→A: Continue on same task
print("\n" + "=" * 60)
print("PHASE 2a: Branch A→A (Continue training on Addition)")
print("=" * 60)
model_aa = SmallTransformer(config).to(device)
model_aa.load_state_dict(torch.load(os.path.join(output_dir, 'phase1_checkpoint.pt'),
weights_only=True))
optimizer_aa = optim.AdamW(model_aa.parameters(), lr=lr, weight_decay=weight_decay)
history_aa = train_phase(
model=model_aa,
optimizer=optimizer_aa,
dataloader=loaders['add_train'],
n_epochs=phase2_epochs,
device=device,
phase_name='phase2_aa',
model_init_state=model_init_state,
model_phase1_state=model_phase1_state,
reps_at_init=reps_at_init,
reps_at_phase1_end=reps_at_phase1_end,
probe_input_ids_a=probe_ids_a,
probe_labels_a=probe_labels_a,
probe_input_ids_b=probe_ids_b,
probe_labels_b=probe_labels_b,
eval_loaders=loaders,
config=config,
checkpoint_every=checkpoint_every,
output_dir=output_dir,
)
# Branch A→B: Switch to new task
print("\n" + "=" * 60)
print("PHASE 2b: Branch A→B (Switch to Subtraction)")
print("=" * 60)
model_ab = SmallTransformer(config).to(device)
model_ab.load_state_dict(torch.load(os.path.join(output_dir, 'phase1_checkpoint.pt'),
weights_only=True))
optimizer_ab = optim.AdamW(model_ab.parameters(), lr=lr, weight_decay=weight_decay)
history_ab = train_phase(
model=model_ab,
optimizer=optimizer_ab,
dataloader=loaders['subtract_train'],
n_epochs=phase2_epochs,
device=device,
phase_name='phase2_ab',
model_init_state=model_init_state,
model_phase1_state=model_phase1_state,
reps_at_init=reps_at_init,
reps_at_phase1_end=reps_at_phase1_end,
probe_input_ids_a=probe_ids_a,
probe_labels_a=probe_labels_a,
probe_input_ids_b=probe_ids_b,
probe_labels_b=probe_labels_b,
eval_loaders=loaders,
config=config,
checkpoint_every=checkpoint_every,
output_dir=output_dir,
)
# ===========================
# PHASE 3: Cross-model comparison
# ===========================
print("\n" + "=" * 60)
print("PHASE 3: Cross-model representation comparison")
print("=" * 60)
reps_aa = collect_representations(model_aa, probe_ids_a, device)
reps_ab = collect_representations(model_ab, probe_ids_a, device)
cross_metrics = {}
for layer_idx in range(config.n_layers + 1):
ha = reps_aa['hidden_states'][layer_idx]
hb = reps_ab['hidden_states'][layer_idx]
hp1 = reps_at_phase1_end['hidden_states'][layer_idx]
cross_metrics[f'layer_{layer_idx}/cka_aa_vs_ab'] = linear_CKA(ha, hb)
cross_metrics[f'layer_{layer_idx}/cka_aa_vs_p1'] = linear_CKA(ha, hp1)
cross_metrics[f'layer_{layer_idx}/cka_ab_vs_p1'] = linear_CKA(hb, hp1)
cross_metrics[f'layer_{layer_idx}/subspace_angle_aa_vs_ab'] = \
mean_subspace_angle_degrees(ha, hb, k=min(10, ha.shape[0] // 2, ha.shape[1]))
# CKA heatmaps
heatmap_aa_vs_ab = cka_heatmap(reps_aa['hidden_states'], reps_ab['hidden_states'])
heatmap_aa_vs_p1 = cka_heatmap(reps_aa['hidden_states'],
reps_at_phase1_end['hidden_states'])
heatmap_ab_vs_p1 = cka_heatmap(reps_ab['hidden_states'],
reps_at_phase1_end['hidden_states'])
# Parameter delta cosine
params_init = [v for v in model_init_state.values()]
params_aa = [v.cpu() for v in model_aa.state_dict().values()]
params_ab = [v.cpu() for v in model_ab.state_dict().values()]
params_p1 = [v for v in model_phase1_state.values()]
cross_metrics['param_delta_cosine_aa_vs_ab'] = \
parameter_delta_cosine(params_p1, params_aa, params_ab)
cross_metrics['param_delta_cosine_aa_vs_p1_from_init'] = \
parameter_delta_cosine(params_init, params_p1, params_aa)
print("\n=== Cross-model metrics ===")
for k, v in sorted(cross_metrics.items()):
print(f" {k}: {v:.4f}")
# ===========================
# Save all results
# ===========================
results = {
'config': {
'p': p, 'n_layers': n_layers, 'd_model': d_model,
'n_heads': n_heads, 'd_mlp': d_mlp,
'phase1_epochs': phase1_epochs, 'phase2_epochs': phase2_epochs,
'lr': lr, 'weight_decay': weight_decay, 'batch_size': batch_size,
'train_frac': train_frac, 'seed': seed,
'n_parameters': model.count_parameters(),
},
'phase1_history': phase1_history,
'phase2_aa_history': history_aa,
'phase2_ab_history': history_ab,
'cross_metrics': cross_metrics,
'cka_heatmaps': {
'aa_vs_ab': heatmap_aa_vs_ab.tolist(),
'aa_vs_p1': heatmap_aa_vs_p1.tolist(),
'ab_vs_p1': heatmap_ab_vs_p1.tolist(),
},
}
results_path = os.path.join(output_dir, 'experiment_results.json')
with open(results_path, 'w') as f:
json.dump(results, f, indent=2, default=str)
print(f"\nResults saved to {results_path}")
# Save final models
torch.save(model_aa.state_dict(), os.path.join(output_dir, 'model_aa_final.pt'))
torch.save(model_ab.state_dict(), os.path.join(output_dir, 'model_ab_final.pt'))
return results
if __name__ == '__main__':
import argparse
parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
parser.add_argument('--p', type=int, default=DEFAULT_P)
parser.add_argument('--n-layers', type=int, default=2)
parser.add_argument('--d-model', type=int, default=128)
parser.add_argument('--n-heads', type=int, default=4)
parser.add_argument('--d-mlp', type=int, default=512)
parser.add_argument('--phase1-epochs', type=int, default=100)
parser.add_argument('--phase2-epochs', type=int, default=100)
parser.add_argument('--lr', type=float, default=1e-3)
parser.add_argument('--weight-decay', type=float, default=1.0)
parser.add_argument('--batch-size', type=int, default=512)
parser.add_argument('--train-frac', type=float, default=0.5)
parser.add_argument('--checkpoint-every', type=int, default=50)
parser.add_argument('--output-dir', type=str, default='results')
parser.add_argument('--seed', type=int, default=42)
args = parser.parse_args()
run_experiment(**vars(args))
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