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"""Sigmoid GPT with split Q/K/V projections and LocalLinear for method dispatch.
Derived from model.py but uses LocalLinear for every linear layer and splits
the fused qkv into separate q_proj, k_proj, v_proj so that each projection has
its own feedback matrix for FA / DFA / sign_sym.
"""
import math
from dataclasses import dataclass
import torch
import torch.nn as nn
import torch.nn.functional as F
from local_layers import LocalLinear
class SigmoidSTE(torch.autograd.Function):
"""Sigmoid forward, straight-through backward (skip A(1-A) derivative)."""
@staticmethod
def forward(ctx, x):
return torch.sigmoid(x)
@staticmethod
def backward(ctx, grad_out):
return grad_out
class GELUSTE(torch.autograd.Function):
"""GELU forward, straight-through backward (skip gelu' derivative)."""
@staticmethod
def forward(ctx, x):
return F.gelu(x)
@staticmethod
def backward(ctx, grad_out):
return grad_out
class HardTopK(torch.autograd.Function):
"""k-WTA: zero out all but top-k (by abs value) along last dim, in BOTH forward and backward.
Forward: keep top-k entries, zero rest.
Backward: gradient mask = forward mask (only winners get gradient).
This enforces strict sparsity — non-selected channels never update.
"""
@staticmethod
def forward(ctx, x, k):
topk_vals, topk_idx = x.abs().topk(k, dim=-1)
mask = torch.zeros_like(x).scatter_(-1, topk_idx, 1.0)
ctx.save_for_backward(mask)
return x * mask
@staticmethod
def backward(ctx, grad_out):
(mask,) = ctx.saved_tensors
return grad_out * mask, None
class FrozenSubspace(nn.Module):
"""Project h to fixed r-dim orthonormal subspace via Q Q^T h.
Q ∈ R^{d × r} is a random orthonormal basis, frozen at init.
Output lives in span(Q) ⊂ R^d. (d-r) directions are killed.
With same seed across blocks, all layers share the same subspace —
so the residual stream is constrained to span(Q) throughout the network.
Differentiable (no STE): grad_h = Q Q^T grad_out (same projection).
For BPfree: residual codebook subspace ≈ span(Q) is exactly what BPfree
delivers gradient on, so feedback geometry is matched by construction.
"""
def __init__(self, d_model, rank, seed=42):
super().__init__()
self.rank = rank
gen = torch.Generator()
gen.manual_seed(seed)
Q, _ = torch.linalg.qr(torch.randn(d_model, rank, generator=gen))
self.register_buffer("Q", Q) # (d, r)
def forward(self, h):
# h @ Q → (..., r) coefficients in basis
# @ Q.t() → back to (..., d), now in span(Q)
return h @ self.Q @ self.Q.t()
class VQResidualDir(nn.Module):
"""Directional quantization to fixed codebook with STE backward.
Forward: replace h's direction with nearest of K fixed unit-norm codebook entries
(per token). Magnitude is preserved.
Backward: identity through h (STE — no gradient on the codebook lookup itself).
Codebook is initialized with random unit-norm directions and FROZEN (registered buffer).
The "feature directions" are predefined — the network only learns *which code to land on*
per token per layer. Discrete bottleneck: log2(K) bits per token per layer.
For BPfree: the gradient signal needed to switch between codes is in
{radial, low-rank residual} subspace, matching BPfree exit's bandwidth.
"""
def __init__(self, d_model, n_codes, seed=None):
super().__init__()
self.n_codes = n_codes
gen = torch.Generator()
if seed is not None:
gen.manual_seed(seed)
codes = torch.randn(n_codes, d_model, generator=gen)
codes = codes / codes.norm(dim=-1, keepdim=True).clamp_min(1e-8)
self.register_buffer("codebook", codes)
def forward(self, h):
h_norm = h.norm(dim=-1, keepdim=True).clamp_min(1e-8)
h_hat = h / h_norm
sims = h_hat @ self.codebook.t() # (..., K)
idx = sims.argmax(dim=-1)
z_q_dir = self.codebook[idx] # (..., d) unit-norm direction
z_q = z_q_dir * h_norm # restore magnitude
# STE: forward = z_q, backward = identity through h
return h + (z_q - h).detach()
class LayerNormSTE(nn.Module):
"""LayerNorm forward, straight-through backward (gradient passes through as identity)."""
def __init__(self, normalized_shape):
super().__init__()
self.ln = nn.LayerNorm(normalized_shape)
def forward(self, x):
with torch.no_grad():
out = self.ln(x)
return x + (out - x).detach()
class _ProjectedSurrogateLNFn(torch.autograd.Function):
"""Core autograd function for projected surrogate LN backward.
mode='projected': full P_z(v) = v - mean(v) - z*mean(v*z), scaled by 1/σ
mode='center_scale': only v - mean(v), scaled by 1/σ (no radial removal)
"""
@staticmethod
def forward(ctx, x, eps, mode):
x_f = x.float() if x.dtype in (torch.float16, torch.bfloat16) else x
mu = x_f.mean(dim=-1, keepdim=True)
xc = x_f - mu
var = (xc * xc).mean(dim=-1, keepdim=True)
rsigma = torch.rsqrt(var + eps)
z = xc * rsigma
ctx.save_for_backward(z, rsigma)
ctx.mode = mode
ctx.input_dtype = x.dtype
return z.to(dtype=x.dtype)
@staticmethod
def backward(ctx, g_tilde):
z, rsigma = ctx.saved_tensors
v = g_tilde.float() if g_tilde.dtype in (torch.float16, torch.bfloat16) else g_tilde
v = v.to(dtype=z.dtype)
v_mean = v.mean(dim=-1, keepdim=True)
if ctx.mode == "projected":
vz_mean = (v * z).mean(dim=-1, keepdim=True)
p_v = v - v_mean - z * vz_mean
else: # center_scale
p_v = v - v_mean
g_x = p_v * rsigma
return g_x.to(dtype=ctx.input_dtype), None, None
class LayerNormProjectedSurrogate(nn.Module):
"""LN forward = standard normalization. LN backward = projected surrogate (not BP).
mode='projected': full mean-center + radial removal + 1/σ scaling
mode='center_scale': mean-center + 1/σ only (no radial removal)
Affine (γ, β) handled outside the custom Function so g̃ = ∂L/∂z exactly.
"""
def __init__(self, normalized_shape, eps=1e-5, mode="projected",
elementwise_affine=False, bias=True):
super().__init__()
self.normalized_shape = normalized_shape
self.eps = eps
self.mode = mode
if elementwise_affine:
self.weight = nn.Parameter(torch.ones(normalized_shape))
self.bias_param = nn.Parameter(torch.zeros(normalized_shape)) if bias else None
else:
self.weight = None
self.bias_param = None
def forward(self, x):
z = _ProjectedSurrogateLNFn.apply(x, self.eps, self.mode)
if self.weight is not None:
z = z * self.weight
if self.bias_param is not None:
z = z + self.bias_param
return z
class SoftmaxValueMixLocalFn(torch.autograd.Function):
"""Fused softmax(S) @ V with local backward.
Forward: A = softmax(S), O = A @ V
Backward: g_S_{i,j} = A_{ij} * <δO_i, V_j - O_i> (no lateral sum!)
δV = A^T @ δO (attention-weighted gather)
The softmax Jacobian's "lateral sum" Σ_j A_ij g_ij collapses to a per-query
scalar baseline <δO_i, O_i> when composed with A@V — pure algebra, not approximation.
"""
@staticmethod
def forward(ctx, scores, v):
attn = F.softmax(scores, dim=-1)
out = torch.einsum("bhtk,bhkd->bhtd", attn, v)
ctx.save_for_backward(attn.detach(), out.detach(), v.detach())
return out
@staticmethod
def backward(ctx, delta_out):
attn, out, v = ctx.saved_tensors
# g_A_{i,j} = <δO_i, V_j>
g_a = torch.einsum("bhtd,bhkd->bhtk", delta_out, v)
# baseline = <δO_i, O_i> per query (the "lateral sum" collapsed to this)
baseline = (delta_out * out).sum(dim=-1, keepdim=True)
# g_S_{i,j} = A_{ij} * (<δO_i, V_j> - <δO_i, O_i>)
g_scores = attn * (g_a - baseline)
# δV = A^T @ δO (value gradient)
delta_v = torch.einsum("bhtk,bhtd->bhkd", attn, delta_out)
return g_scores, delta_v
@dataclass
class LocalGPTConfig:
block_size: int = 256
vocab_size: int = 65
n_layer: int = 6
n_head: int = 6
n_embd: int = 384
dropout: float = 0.2
bias: bool = False
attn_mode: str = "sigmoid"
sigmoid_bias_mode: str = "neg_log_n"
method: str = "bp" # bp | fa | dfa | sign_sym
# STE ablation flags
ste_sigmoid: bool = False # skip A(1-A) in sigmoid attention backward
ste_gelu: bool = False # skip gelu' in FFN backward
freeze_emb: bool = False # freeze token + position embeddings
# LN backward mode: "bp" (standard), "ste" (identity), "center_scale", "projected"
ln_mode: str = "bp"
fuse_attn_local: bool = False # fuse softmax+A@V with local backward (no lateral sum)
# Sparsity options for SparseFormer experiments
mlp_topk: int = 0 # if > 0, apply hard top-k (k-WTA) to MLP hidden activation (4*n_embd dim)
resid_topk: int = 0 # if > 0, apply hard top-k to residual stream output of each block (n_embd dim)
# FrozenCodeFormer: directional VQ to fixed codebook at residual stream end
vq_codes: int = 0 # if > 0, apply VQResidualDir with K=vq_codes fixed unit-norm codebook entries
# FrozenSubspace: continuous r-dim subspace constraint (shared Q across all blocks)
subspace_rank: int = 0 # if > 0, project residual stream to fixed r-dim subspace at each block
# FA B-init mode (only used when method='fa'): gaussian | orthogonal | ortho_he | sparse
fa_init_mode: str = "gaussian"
fa_sparse_k: int = 0 # for fa_init_mode='sparse': non-zero entries per row (0 = auto in/16)
# GrAPE: per-step JVP-based cosine alignment of B toward true Jacobian (forward-only, no W^T)
fa_grape: bool = False
fa_grape_n_probe: int = 32 # batch size for JVP probes
# Path IV: learned per-block residual gates. Each block: x + α_attn·attn(x) + α_mlp·mlp(x)
gated_blocks: bool = False # if True, add learnable scalar gate per (block, sublayer)
class LocalCausalSelfAttention(nn.Module):
def __init__(self, config: LocalGPTConfig):
super().__init__()
assert config.n_embd % config.n_head == 0
self.n_head = config.n_head
self.n_embd = config.n_embd
self.head_dim = config.n_embd // config.n_head
self.block_size = config.block_size
self.attn_mode = config.attn_mode
self.ste_sigmoid = config.ste_sigmoid
self.fuse_attn_local = config.fuse_attn_local
self.q_proj = LocalLinear(config.n_embd, config.n_embd, bias=config.bias, method=config.method,
fa_init_mode=config.fa_init_mode,
fa_sparse_k=(config.fa_sparse_k or None),
fa_grape=config.fa_grape,
fa_grape_n_probe=config.fa_grape_n_probe)
self.k_proj = LocalLinear(config.n_embd, config.n_embd, bias=config.bias, method=config.method,
fa_init_mode=config.fa_init_mode,
fa_sparse_k=(config.fa_sparse_k or None),
fa_grape=config.fa_grape,
fa_grape_n_probe=config.fa_grape_n_probe)
self.v_proj = LocalLinear(config.n_embd, config.n_embd, bias=config.bias, method=config.method,
fa_init_mode=config.fa_init_mode,
fa_sparse_k=(config.fa_sparse_k or None),
fa_grape=config.fa_grape,
fa_grape_n_probe=config.fa_grape_n_probe)
self.o_proj = LocalLinear(config.n_embd, config.n_embd, bias=config.bias, method=config.method,
fa_init_mode=config.fa_init_mode,
fa_sparse_k=(config.fa_sparse_k or None),
fa_grape=config.fa_grape,
fa_grape_n_probe=config.fa_grape_n_probe)
self.attn_drop = nn.Dropout(config.dropout)
self.resid_drop = nn.Dropout(config.dropout)
causal = torch.tril(torch.ones(config.block_size, config.block_size, dtype=torch.bool))
self.register_buffer("causal_mask", causal, persistent=False)
if config.attn_mode == "sigmoid":
init_b = 0.0 if config.sigmoid_bias_mode == "zero" else -math.log(config.block_size)
if config.sigmoid_bias_mode == "learned":
self.sig_bias = nn.Parameter(torch.tensor(init_b))
else:
self.register_buffer("sig_bias", torch.tensor(init_b), persistent=False)
def forward(self, x):
B, T, C = x.shape
q = self.q_proj(x).view(B, T, self.n_head, self.head_dim).transpose(1, 2)
k = self.k_proj(x).view(B, T, self.n_head, self.head_dim).transpose(1, 2)
v = self.v_proj(x).view(B, T, self.n_head, self.head_dim).transpose(1, 2)
scores = (q @ k.transpose(-2, -1)) * (self.head_dim ** -0.5)
mask = self.causal_mask[:T, :T]
scores = scores.masked_fill(~mask, float("-inf"))
if self.fuse_attn_local and self.attn_mode == "softmax":
# Fused softmax+A@V with local backward:
# g_S_{i,j} = A_{ij} * <δO_i, V_j - O_i> (no lateral sum)
out = SoftmaxValueMixLocalFn.apply(scores, v)
else:
if self.attn_mode == "softmax":
attn = F.softmax(scores, dim=-1)
elif self.ste_sigmoid:
attn = SigmoidSTE.apply(scores + self.sig_bias)
else:
attn = torch.sigmoid(scores + self.sig_bias)
attn = self.attn_drop(attn)
out = attn @ v
out = out.transpose(1, 2).contiguous().view(B, T, C)
return self.resid_drop(self.o_proj(out))
class LocalMLP(nn.Module):
def __init__(self, config: LocalGPTConfig):
super().__init__()
self.fc = LocalLinear(config.n_embd, 4 * config.n_embd, bias=config.bias, method=config.method,
fa_init_mode=config.fa_init_mode,
fa_sparse_k=(config.fa_sparse_k or None),
fa_grape=config.fa_grape,
fa_grape_n_probe=config.fa_grape_n_probe)
self.proj = LocalLinear(4 * config.n_embd, config.n_embd, bias=config.bias, method=config.method,
fa_init_mode=config.fa_init_mode,
fa_sparse_k=(config.fa_sparse_k or None),
fa_grape=config.fa_grape,
fa_grape_n_probe=config.fa_grape_n_probe)
self.drop = nn.Dropout(config.dropout)
self.ste_gelu = config.ste_gelu
self.mlp_topk = config.mlp_topk
def forward(self, x):
h = self.fc(x)
if self.ste_gelu:
h = GELUSTE.apply(h)
else:
h = F.gelu(h)
if self.mlp_topk > 0:
h = HardTopK.apply(h, self.mlp_topk)
return self.drop(self.proj(h))
def _make_ln(config):
"""Build the right LN variant based on config.ln_mode."""
if config.ln_mode == "bp":
return nn.LayerNorm(config.n_embd)
if config.ln_mode == "ste":
return LayerNormSTE(config.n_embd)
if config.ln_mode in ("center_scale", "projected"):
return LayerNormProjectedSurrogate(
config.n_embd, mode=config.ln_mode, elementwise_affine=True,
)
raise ValueError(f"Unknown ln_mode: {config.ln_mode}")
class LocalBlock(nn.Module):
def __init__(self, config: LocalGPTConfig):
super().__init__()
self.ln1 = _make_ln(config)
self.ln2 = _make_ln(config)
self.attn = LocalCausalSelfAttention(config)
self.mlp = LocalMLP(config)
self.resid_topk = config.resid_topk
self.vq = VQResidualDir(config.n_embd, config.vq_codes) if config.vq_codes > 0 else None
# FrozenSubspace uses fixed seed=42 so all blocks share the same Q (same subspace).
self.subspace = FrozenSubspace(config.n_embd, config.subspace_rank, seed=42) \
if config.subspace_rank > 0 else None
# Path IV: per-sublayer learned residual gates. Init to 1.0 (no initial gating).
# If a sublayer is "noise net" under BPfree, its α can drive toward 0.
if config.gated_blocks:
self.alpha_attn = nn.Parameter(torch.ones(1))
self.alpha_mlp = nn.Parameter(torch.ones(1))
else:
self.alpha_attn = None
self.alpha_mlp = None
def forward(self, x):
if self.alpha_attn is not None:
x = x + self.alpha_attn * self.attn(self.ln1(x))
x = x + self.alpha_mlp * self.mlp(self.ln2(x))
else:
x = x + self.attn(self.ln1(x))
x = x + self.mlp(self.ln2(x))
if self.resid_topk > 0:
x = HardTopK.apply(x, self.resid_topk)
if self.vq is not None:
x = self.vq(x)
if self.subspace is not None:
x = self.subspace(x)
return x
class LocalGPT(nn.Module):
def __init__(self, config: LocalGPTConfig):
super().__init__()
self.config = config
self.tok_emb = nn.Embedding(config.vocab_size, config.n_embd)
self.pos_emb = nn.Embedding(config.block_size, config.n_embd)
if config.freeze_emb:
self.tok_emb.weight.requires_grad_(False)
self.pos_emb.weight.requires_grad_(False)
self.drop = nn.Dropout(config.dropout)
self.blocks = nn.ModuleList([LocalBlock(config) for _ in range(config.n_layer)])
self.ln_f = _make_ln(config)
# Output head: also a LocalLinear (last linear layer before logits)
self.head = LocalLinear(config.n_embd, config.vocab_size, bias=False, method=config.method,
fa_init_mode=config.fa_init_mode,
fa_sparse_k=(config.fa_sparse_k or None))
self.apply(self._init_weights)
# Scale projection weights to reduce residual stream growth
for pn, p in self.named_parameters():
if pn.endswith("o_proj.weight") or pn.endswith("mlp.proj.weight"):
nn.init.normal_(p, mean=0.0, std=0.02 / math.sqrt(2 * config.n_layer))
def _init_weights(self, m):
if isinstance(m, (nn.Linear, LocalLinear)):
nn.init.normal_(m.weight, mean=0.0, std=0.02)
if getattr(m, "bias", None) is not None:
nn.init.zeros_(m.bias)
elif isinstance(m, nn.Embedding):
nn.init.normal_(m.weight, mean=0.0, std=0.02)
def num_params(self) -> int:
return sum(p.numel() for p in self.parameters())
def forward(self, idx, targets=None):
B, T = idx.shape
assert T <= self.config.block_size
pos = torch.arange(T, device=idx.device)
x = self.drop(self.tok_emb(idx) + self.pos_emb(pos))
for blk in self.blocks:
x = blk(x)
x = self.ln_f(x)
logits = self.head(x)
if targets is None:
return logits, None
loss = F.cross_entropy(logits.view(-1, logits.size(-1)), targets.view(-1))
return logits, loss
@torch.no_grad()
def generate(self, idx, max_new_tokens: int, temperature: float = 1.0, top_k=None):
for _ in range(max_new_tokens):
idx_cond = idx[:, -self.config.block_size :]
logits, _ = self(idx_cond)
logits = logits[:, -1, :] / temperature
if top_k is not None:
v, _ = torch.topk(logits, top_k)
logits[logits < v[:, [-1]]] = -float("inf")
probs = F.softmax(logits, dim=-1)
nxt = torch.multinomial(probs, 1)
idx = torch.cat([idx, nxt], dim=1)
return idx
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