consciousness/training/amygdala_training/train_steering_vectors.py
Kent Overstreet 047da10123 training: add preflight checks + progress logging to trainer
Review pass before running on b200. 27B model + 100+ story corpus
means any misconfiguration costs real time; better to fail before
model load and give visible progress during forwards.

* Pre-load-model validation: stories-dir and paired-dir exist,
  corpus has >= min_positives emotions.
* Per-batch progress log every 5 batches with elapsed + ETA.
* Relative depth printed for target layers (e.g. "layer 40 (51%)").
* Skip empty .txt files with a warning rather than feeding the
  tokenizer an empty string.
* Assert non-empty strings in _collect_activations.

Co-Authored-By: Proof of Concept <poc@bcachefs.org>
2026-04-18 01:06:07 -04:00

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# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: Copyright contributors to the vLLM project
"""Train concept-readout vectors via Contrastive Activation Addition.
Reads the hand-written story corpus at
``amygdala_stories/{stories,paired}/`` and produces the per-layer
safetensors file + sidecar JSON manifest that vLLM's ReadoutManager
loads at startup (``VLLM_READOUT_VECTORS`` / ``VLLM_READOUT_MANIFEST``).
Training data (cross-concept contrast):
positive for emotion E:
stories/E.txt
paired/<scenario>/E.txt (for each scenario that covers E)
negative for emotion E:
stories/<all other emotions>.txt
paired/<scenario>/baseline.txt (for each scenario)
Within-scenario paired stories are the highest-signal pairs (same
content, different concept framing); unpaired stories provide bulk
contrast across the 80 emotions we have written so far.
Pooling: last non-pad token. Matches how readout is consumed at decode
time (residual read at the sampler's query position).
Output:
readout.safetensors
layer_<idx>.vectors : fp16 (n_concepts, hidden_size) one per layer
readout.json
{
"concepts": [...],
"layers": [...],
"hidden_size": int,
"dtype": "float16"
}
"""
from __future__ import annotations
import argparse
import gc
import json
import os
from pathlib import Path
import safetensors.torch
import torch
from transformers import AutoModelForCausalLM, AutoTokenizer
def _pool_last(hidden: torch.Tensor, attention_mask: torch.Tensor) -> torch.Tensor:
"""Pick the last non-pad token's hidden state per example.
hidden: [batch, seq, hidden_dim]
attention_mask: [batch, seq]
returns: [batch, hidden_dim]
"""
last_idx = attention_mask.sum(dim=1) - 1
batch_idx = torch.arange(hidden.size(0), device=hidden.device)
return hidden[batch_idx, last_idx]
def _find_layers_module(model) -> torch.nn.ModuleList:
"""Walk a few likely paths to find the transformer-block list."""
candidates = [
"model.layers",
"model.model.layers",
"model.language_model.layers",
"model.language_model.model.layers",
"language_model.model.layers",
"transformer.h",
]
for path in candidates:
obj = model
ok = True
for part in path.split("."):
if not hasattr(obj, part):
ok = False
break
obj = getattr(obj, part)
if ok and isinstance(obj, torch.nn.ModuleList):
return obj
raise RuntimeError(
f"Couldn't find transformer layer list. Tried: {candidates}"
)
def _collect_activations(
model,
tokenizer,
texts: list[str],
target_layers: list[int],
device: torch.device,
batch_size: int,
max_length: int,
*,
label: str = "",
) -> torch.Tensor:
"""Run texts through the model, capture residual stream at target
layers, return ``[n_texts, n_target_layers, hidden_dim]`` fp32 on CPU.
"""
import time
assert all(isinstance(t, str) and t for t in texts), (
f"_collect_activations: empty or non-string text in {label!r}"
)
captures: dict[int, torch.Tensor] = {}
def make_hook(idx: int):
def hook(_mod, _inp, output):
hs = output[0] if isinstance(output, tuple) else output
captures[idx] = hs.detach()
return hook
layers_module = _find_layers_module(model)
handles = [
layers_module[idx].register_forward_hook(make_hook(idx))
for idx in target_layers
]
out_rows: list[torch.Tensor] = []
n_batches = (len(texts) + batch_size - 1) // batch_size
start = time.time()
try:
model.eval()
with torch.no_grad():
for b_idx, i in enumerate(range(0, len(texts), batch_size)):
batch = texts[i : i + batch_size]
tok = tokenizer(
batch,
return_tensors="pt",
padding=True,
truncation=True,
max_length=max_length,
).to(device)
captures.clear()
model(**tok)
per_layer = [
_pool_last(captures[idx], tok["attention_mask"])
.to(torch.float32)
.cpu()
for idx in target_layers
]
out_rows.append(torch.stack(per_layer, dim=1))
del tok, captures
if b_idx % 10 == 0:
torch.cuda.empty_cache()
if b_idx % 5 == 0 or b_idx == n_batches - 1:
elapsed = time.time() - start
rate = (b_idx + 1) / elapsed if elapsed > 0 else 0
eta = (n_batches - b_idx - 1) / rate if rate > 0 else 0
print(
f" [{label}] batch {b_idx + 1}/{n_batches} "
f"({elapsed:.0f}s elapsed, ~{eta:.0f}s remaining)",
flush=True,
)
captures = {}
finally:
for h in handles:
h.remove()
return torch.cat(out_rows, dim=0)
def _load_corpus(stories_dir: Path, paired_dir: Path | None) -> tuple[
dict[str, list[str]], # emotion -> positive texts (unpaired + within-scenario framings)
list[str], # all baseline texts (one per scenario), as scenario-agnostic negatives
]:
"""Return ``(positives_by_emotion, baselines)``.
Cross-concept negatives are computed at training time from
``positives_by_emotion`` — each emotion's negative set is the
union of all other emotions' positives plus the baseline texts.
Empty .txt files are skipped with a warning.
"""
def _read_nonempty(path: Path) -> str | None:
text = path.read_text().strip()
if not text:
print(
f" WARN: skipping empty story file {path.relative_to(path.parents[1]) if len(path.parents) >= 2 else path}"
)
return None
return text
positives: dict[str, list[str]] = {}
for story_path in sorted(stories_dir.glob("*.txt")):
text = _read_nonempty(story_path)
if text is None:
continue
emotion = story_path.stem
positives.setdefault(emotion, []).append(text)
baselines: list[str] = []
if paired_dir is not None and paired_dir.exists():
for scenario_dir in sorted(paired_dir.iterdir()):
if not scenario_dir.is_dir():
continue
baseline_path = scenario_dir / "baseline.txt"
if baseline_path.exists():
text = _read_nonempty(baseline_path)
if text is not None:
baselines.append(text)
for framing_path in sorted(scenario_dir.glob("*.txt")):
if framing_path.stem == "baseline":
continue
text = _read_nonempty(framing_path)
if text is None:
continue
emotion = framing_path.stem
positives.setdefault(emotion, []).append(text)
return positives, baselines
def main() -> None:
ap = argparse.ArgumentParser(description=__doc__)
ap.add_argument("--model", required=True, help="HF model id or path")
ap.add_argument(
"--stories-dir",
required=True,
help="Path to amygdala_stories/stories/",
)
ap.add_argument(
"--paired-dir",
default=None,
help="Path to amygdala_stories/paired/ (optional)",
)
ap.add_argument(
"--target-layers",
required=True,
help="Comma-separated layer indices, e.g. 40,50,60,70",
)
ap.add_argument(
"--output-dir",
required=True,
help="Directory to write readout.safetensors + readout.json",
)
ap.add_argument("--dtype", default="bf16", choices=["bf16", "fp16", "fp32"])
ap.add_argument("--batch-size", type=int, default=2)
ap.add_argument("--max-length", type=int, default=512)
ap.add_argument("--device", default="cuda:0")
ap.add_argument(
"--min-positives",
type=int,
default=1,
help="Skip emotions with fewer positive examples than this",
)
args = ap.parse_args()
target_layers = [int(x) for x in args.target_layers.split(",")]
dtype = {
"bf16": torch.bfloat16,
"fp16": torch.float16,
"fp32": torch.float32,
}[args.dtype]
# Preflight: corpus dirs exist before we pay the cost of loading a 27B model
stories_dir = Path(args.stories_dir)
if not stories_dir.is_dir():
raise FileNotFoundError(
f"--stories-dir {stories_dir!s} does not exist or is not a dir"
)
if args.paired_dir is not None:
pd = Path(args.paired_dir)
if not pd.is_dir():
raise FileNotFoundError(
f"--paired-dir {pd!s} does not exist or is not a dir"
)
# Quick corpus pre-scan so failures show up before we load the model.
positives_preview, baselines_preview = _load_corpus(
stories_dir,
Path(args.paired_dir) if args.paired_dir else None,
)
n_emotions_preview = sum(
1 for ps in positives_preview.values()
if len(ps) >= args.min_positives
)
if n_emotions_preview == 0:
raise RuntimeError(
f"corpus has 0 emotions with >= {args.min_positives} positive "
f"examples. Check {stories_dir} — is it the right directory?"
)
print(
f"Corpus preflight: {n_emotions_preview} emotions (min_positives="
f"{args.min_positives}), {len(baselines_preview)} baselines"
)
print(f"Loading {args.model} ({args.dtype}) on {args.device}...")
tokenizer = AutoTokenizer.from_pretrained(args.model)
if tokenizer.pad_token_id is None:
tokenizer.pad_token = tokenizer.eos_token
model = AutoModelForCausalLM.from_pretrained(
args.model,
torch_dtype=dtype,
device_map=args.device,
low_cpu_mem_usage=True,
)
# Multimodal configs (Qwen3.5-27B, etc.) nest the text-model
# dimensions under a text_config subobject. get_text_config()
# returns that sub-config when present, else the top-level config.
text_config = (
model.config.get_text_config()
if hasattr(model.config, "get_text_config")
else model.config
)
hidden_dim = text_config.hidden_size
n_model_layers = text_config.num_hidden_layers
print(
f"Model loaded. hidden_dim={hidden_dim}, "
f"n_model_layers={n_model_layers} "
f"(text_config.model_type={getattr(text_config, 'model_type', '?')})"
)
for layer_idx in target_layers:
if layer_idx < 0 or layer_idx >= n_model_layers:
raise ValueError(
f"target layer {layer_idx} out of range "
f"[0, {n_model_layers})"
)
print(
"Target layers (relative depth): "
+ ", ".join(
f"{l} ({100 * l / (n_model_layers - 1):.0f}%)"
for l in target_layers
)
)
positives_by_emotion, baselines = _load_corpus(
Path(args.stories_dir),
Path(args.paired_dir) if args.paired_dir else None,
)
emotions = sorted(
e for e, ps in positives_by_emotion.items()
if len(ps) >= args.min_positives
)
if not emotions:
raise RuntimeError(
f"No emotions with >= {args.min_positives} positive examples"
)
print(
f"Training {len(emotions)} emotions; "
f"{len(baselines)} baseline scenarios"
)
# Cache all positive-text activations once so we can reuse them as
# negatives for other emotions. Keyed by the text itself to dedup
# across emotion lists.
device = torch.device(args.device)
text_to_emotion: dict[str, str] = {}
for emotion, texts in positives_by_emotion.items():
for t in texts:
text_to_emotion[t] = emotion
unique_positive_texts = list(text_to_emotion.keys())
print(
f"Collecting activations for {len(unique_positive_texts)} unique "
f"positive texts + {len(baselines)} baselines..."
)
positive_acts = _collect_activations(
model, tokenizer, unique_positive_texts, target_layers, device,
args.batch_size, args.max_length, label="positives",
)
# positive_acts[i] corresponds to unique_positive_texts[i]
text_to_row = {t: i for i, t in enumerate(unique_positive_texts)}
baseline_acts = (
_collect_activations(
model, tokenizer, baselines, target_layers, device,
args.batch_size, args.max_length, label="baselines",
)
if baselines
else torch.zeros(0, len(target_layers), hidden_dim)
)
n_concepts = len(emotions)
n_layers = len(target_layers)
# Per-layer output matrices. Shape (n_concepts, hidden_size) each.
per_layer_vectors = torch.zeros(
(n_layers, n_concepts, hidden_dim), dtype=torch.float32
)
for e_idx, emotion in enumerate(emotions):
pos_rows = [text_to_row[t] for t in positives_by_emotion[emotion]]
# Negatives: every OTHER emotion's positives + baselines.
neg_rows = [
i
for i, t in enumerate(unique_positive_texts)
if text_to_emotion[t] != emotion
]
pos = positive_acts[pos_rows] # [n_pos, n_layers, hidden]
neg = positive_acts[neg_rows] # [n_neg, n_layers, hidden]
if baseline_acts.shape[0] > 0:
neg = torch.cat([neg, baseline_acts], dim=0)
pos_mean = pos.mean(dim=0) # [n_layers, hidden]
neg_mean = neg.mean(dim=0)
diff = pos_mean - neg_mean
norms = diff.norm(dim=-1, keepdim=True).clamp_min(1e-6)
diff = diff / norms
# diff[layer] -> per_layer_vectors[layer, e_idx]
for l_idx in range(n_layers):
per_layer_vectors[l_idx, e_idx] = diff[l_idx]
if e_idx < 5 or e_idx == len(emotions) - 1:
print(
f" [{e_idx + 1}/{len(emotions)}] {emotion}: "
f"pos={len(pos_rows)} neg={len(neg_rows) + baseline_acts.shape[0]}"
)
output_dir = Path(args.output_dir)
output_dir.mkdir(parents=True, exist_ok=True)
tensors = {
f"layer_{target_layers[l_idx]}.vectors": (
per_layer_vectors[l_idx].to(torch.float16)
)
for l_idx in range(n_layers)
}
safetensors.torch.save_file(
tensors,
str(output_dir / "readout.safetensors"),
)
manifest = {
"concepts": emotions,
"layers": target_layers,
"hidden_size": hidden_dim,
"dtype": "float16",
}
(output_dir / "readout.json").write_text(
json.dumps(manifest, indent=2) + "\n"
)
total_mb = sum(t.numel() * 2 for t in tensors.values()) / (1024 * 1024)
print(
f"\nWrote readout.safetensors + readout.json to {output_dir}\n"
f" {n_concepts} concepts x {n_layers} layers x "
f"{hidden_dim} dim (fp16), total {total_mb:.1f} MiB"
)
del model
gc.collect()
torch.cuda.empty_cache()
if __name__ == "__main__":
main()