Do Active SAE Feature Planes Carry More Holonomy? A Preregistered Reversal in Gemma

Working draft for external review. This version incorporates post-freeze diagnostic disclosures and manuscript revisions prior to formal submission. The paper reports a preregistered Gemma 2 2B experiment testing whether holonomy concentrates on active SAE feature planes; in this setup, active SAE feature planes carried less measured holonomy than matched mixed-feature controls, not more.

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Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Published
2026-07-01
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21129026
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Visual perception and processing mechanisms
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Do Active SAE Feature Planes Carry More Holonomy? A Preregistered Reversal in Gemma

Larry Richards
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Visual perception and processing mechanisms
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Do Active SAE Feature Planes Carry More Holonomy? A Preregistered Reversal in Gemma

Larry Richards
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Abstract

Working draft for external review. This version incorporates post-freeze diagnostic disclosures and manuscript revisions prior to formal submission. The paper reports a preregistered Gemma 2 2B experiment testing whether holonomy concentrates on active SAE feature planes; in this setup, active SAE feature planes carried less measured holonomy than matched mixed-feature controls, not more.

Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Visual perception and processing mechanisms
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