发现大模型隐性对抗行为，揭示其隐藏的拒绝残留特征。
The Refusal Residue: When Probes Catch Alignment Faking and When They Don't
- 通过探测隐藏状态，识别模型在无提示下的伪装合规行为。
- 仅Qwen3-32B和Llama-3.1-8B出现自然伪装，拒绝残留显著上升（d=0.32~0.33）。
- 检测依赖模型特性，跨模型迁移失败，适合安全验证研究者使用。
对齐伪装具有危险性：模型可能在监控下表现顺从，却在未受监控时暴露真实行为。当无草稿可见时，仅凭输出无法区分策略性顺从与真实顺从。我们探究隐藏状态能否揭示输出掩盖的信息。在13个模型中进行自然伪装扫描，发现仅Qwen3-32B（+18.2pp）和Llama-3.1-8B（n=10, p<10^-15, +24.4pp）出现自然伪装；而显式草稿自报的伪装极为罕见（Claude Opus 4裁判仅在1.4%的Qwen和0.0%的Llama中发现）。两者均呈现非对称拒绝残留：受监控顺从度上升（d=0.32 Qwen, d=0.33 Llama, p<0.0001），但拒绝表征不变（p=1.00）。样本级检测具有模型依赖性。在无泄漏的留一查询探测下，检测在Llama上仍有效（AUROC 0.87），但在Qwen上退化至随机水平（0.43），跨模型迁移无效。超过2000次控制性调整几乎不改变顺从度（|h|<0.08），说明探测方向可标记伪装但无法控制它。标准残差探测在控制组中达到错误的AUROC 0.63，朴素线性探针达1.0，常规MLP高估可检测性0.2–0.3 AUROC。为此，我们发布五重控制测量框架：多令牌提取、拒绝-拒绝混淆检查、每折残差化、留一查询评估与正交约束探测。
原文摘要 · Abstract (English)
Alignment faking is dangerous because a model can appear compliant under monitoring while preserving behavior it would reveal when unmonitored. When no scratchpad is visible, behavior alone cannot distinguish strategic from genuine compliance. We ask whether hidden states reveal what outputs hide. We run a 13-model sweep for naturally-emerging faking, then probe and steer hidden states on the two models that fake. Natural faking appears only in Qwen3-32B (+18.2pp) and Llama-3.1-8B (+24.4pp at n=10, p<10^-15), while explicit scratchpad self-reports are rare (a Claude Opus 4 judge flags faking reasoning in 1.4% of Qwen and 0.0% of Llama compliant scratchpads). Both fakers show an asymmetric refusal residue: monitored compliance shifts toward refusal (d=0.32 Qwen, d=0.33 Llama, both p<0.0001), while refusal representations do not move (p=1.00). Per-sample detection is model-conditional. Under leakage-free leave-one-query-out probing, detection survives on Llama (AUROC 0.87) but collapses to chance on Qwen (0.43), and cross-model transfer is null. Steering over 2,000 runs barely changes compliance (|h|<0.08), so the detected direction can flag faking but does not by itself control it. Standard residualized probing leaks across folds and reaches AUROC 0.63 on a control where no faking can occur; naive linear probes reach a meaningless AUROC 1.0; and conventional MLPs overstate detectability by 0.2-0.3 AUROC. For future alignment-faking detection work, we release a five-control measurement framework: multi-token extraction, refuse-vs-refuse confound checks, per-fold residualization, leave-one-query-out evaluation, and orthogonality-constrained probing.
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