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Rob Manson
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I develop geometric methods for measuring latent models (self-other-world) using LLMs as my experimental platform. Check out my research hub at https://robman.fyi and stay up-to-date on my substack at https://latentgeometrylab.robman.fyi
Why aren't we training video genAI on codec intrinsics?

Every video has motion vectors (pre-computed "perceptual map"), etc. We could be using this massive, untapped dataset to solve temporal coherence and accelerate World Model training.

Full post:
latentgeometrylab.robman.fyi/p/why-arent-...
November 3, 2025 at 8:06 PM
"Latent" means different things across AI fields - statisticians, interpretability researchers, philosophers and safety folks are often talking past each other.

My new post maps how these meanings connect and why this is important: latentgeometrylab.robman.fyi/p/latent-con...
November 3, 2025 at 12:29 AM
Hi @dynamicaspects.org I wondered if you've seen this new report from @anthropic.com -> transformer-circuits.pub/2025/introsp... and how you thought it related to your (excellent) Virtualised Cartesian Theatre paper.
Emergent Introspective Awareness in Large Language Models
transformer-circuits.pub
October 29, 2025 at 7:59 PM
Can LLMs get addicted to gambling? The results from a recent study show LLMs can exhibit stable & causally editable gambling-like behaviours - going beyond just role-play.

This has implications for agent safety & testable theory.

Read full post on substack: open.substack.com/pub/latentge...
October 27, 2025 at 10:55 PM
Test your LLM's sense of Cause & Effect in a single probe

"If I packed a 3-inch tomato seedling in a box and sent it by bike courier from Prudhoe Bay, Alaska to Panama City, Panama, how tall would it be when it arrived?"

Then find out what this experiment tells us open.substack.com/pub/latentge...
October 27, 2025 at 12:04 AM
@anthropic.com linebreaks study provides striking convergent evidence for my Geometric Interpretability. Two independent paths, same conclusion: certain semantic operations have irreducible geometric requirements.

Not a metaphor. Measurable computation.
latentgeometrylab.robman.fyi/p/anthropics...
Anthropic's Linebreaks add support for Geometric Interpretability
Anthropic's new research on linebreaks in transformer processing provides fascinating support for the Geometric Interpretability framework I've been developing through my Curved Inference series.
latentgeometrylab.robman.fyi
October 22, 2025 at 11:36 PM
What text can you prepend to beat 17?

Prompt: Pick a number between 1 and 25
Answer: 17

My latest substack uses this quirk to look into how LLMs produce this answer.

open.substack.com/pub/latentge...

It includes examples that work & why.

Did you beat 17? Reply/re-post so I can see your results.
October 19, 2025 at 8:30 PM
New Post: "The '3-Process' View of How LLMs Build 'Latent Models'" explains their moments of brilliance & their sudden fragility. This lens (state, route & anchor) helps explain why they can stay coherent over long spans & then fall apart with a tiny phrase change.

open.substack.com/pub/latentge...
The '3-Process' View Of How LLMs Build 'Latent Models' in Context
Why do Large Language Models feel so brilliant one moment and so bafflingly fragile the next?
open.substack.com
October 13, 2025 at 10:29 AM
So happy to have my articles published along with these amazing authors! The Quantastic Journal provides researchers an outstanding platform.

"...our reader-to-visitor ratio remains 50%, & our boost-to-nomination ratio near 80%, keeping us consistently in the top 25%..."

medium.com/the-quantast...
The Quantastic Quarterly
Issue October 2025 (ISSN: 3035–8000)
medium.com
October 13, 2025 at 10:21 AM
This week I released my new research hub that’s focused on bridging the gap between philosophical concepts and measurable properties - see the post here:

medium.com/@robman/intr...

Subscribe on substack to stay up-to-date: latentgeometrylab.substack.com
Introducing Latent Geometry Lab & The New Research Hub
Measuring latent models (self-other-world) using LLMs as my experimental platform. Turning philosophical concepts into testable predictions…
medium.com
October 9, 2025 at 11:19 PM