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"""Convolutional local-learning primitives for CIFAR residual networks.
The forward topology is the standard CIFAR ``6n+2`` basic-block family with
option-A identity shortcuts. It supports canonical BatchNorm as well as a
normalization-free ablation. BatchNorm's cross-example Jacobian is evaluated
inside the current layer only; the synaptic update still never reads a
downstream weight. Normalization-free networks use an explicit residual
multiplier, which is included in every local eligibility calculation.
Forward parameters are plain tensors. The local rule uses only the stored
presynaptic activation, a postsynaptic ReLU gate, and a teaching vector at the
same hidden population. ``torch.nn.grad.conv2d_weight`` evaluates their local
correlation efficiently; it does not traverse a reverse-mode graph or access
downstream weights. Autograd is confined to ``bp_step`` and diagnostic smoke
tests for the exact BP comparator.
"""
from dataclasses import dataclass
import math
import torch
import torch.nn.functional as F
@dataclass(frozen=True)
class ConvLayerSpec:
"""Static metadata for one locally updated convolution."""
name: str
stride: int
padding: int
hidden_shape: tuple
branch_scale: float
class CIFARLocalResNet:
"""CIFAR ResNet with explicit local eligibilities.
``depth`` must satisfy ``depth = 6n + 2``. Hidden populations are defined
after the stem ReLU, after every block's first ReLU, and after every block
output ReLU. Consequently there is exactly one teaching population per
convolution, including a branch-scale factor for each second convolution.
"""
def __init__(self, depth=20, base_width=16, n_classes=10, device="cpu",
dtype=torch.float32, seed=0, weight_scale=1.0,
residual_scale=None, normalization="none", bn_momentum=0.1,
bn_eps=1e-5):
if depth < 8 or (depth - 2) % 6:
raise ValueError(f"CIFAR ResNet depth must be 6n+2 and >=8, got {depth}")
if base_width <= 0:
raise ValueError(f"base_width must be positive, got {base_width}")
self.depth = int(depth)
self.blocks_per_stage = (depth - 2) // 6
self.base_width = int(base_width)
self.n_classes = int(n_classes)
self.device = str(device)
self.dtype = dtype
if normalization not in ("none", "batchnorm"):
raise ValueError(f"unknown normalization: {normalization}")
self.normalization = normalization
self.bn_momentum = float(bn_momentum)
self.bn_eps = float(bn_eps)
if not 0.0 < self.bn_momentum <= 1.0 or self.bn_eps <= 0:
raise ValueError("invalid BatchNorm momentum/epsilon")
self.n_blocks = 3 * self.blocks_per_stage
self.residual_scale = (1.0 / math.sqrt(self.n_blocks)
if residual_scale is None else float(residual_scale))
if not self.residual_scale > 0:
raise ValueError("residual_scale must be positive")
generator = torch.Generator(device="cpu").manual_seed(seed)
self.W = []
self.layer_specs = []
self.blocks = []
self.gamma = []
self.beta = []
self.running_mean = []
self.running_var = []
def add_conv(name, in_channels, out_channels, stride, hidden_shape,
branch_scale=1.0):
fan_in = 9 * in_channels
weight = (torch.randn(
out_channels, in_channels, 3, 3, generator=generator)
* (weight_scale * math.sqrt(2.0 / fan_in)))
self.W.append(weight.to(device=device, dtype=dtype))
if normalization == "batchnorm":
self.gamma.append(torch.ones(out_channels, device=device, dtype=dtype))
self.beta.append(torch.zeros(out_channels, device=device, dtype=dtype))
self.running_mean.append(torch.zeros(
out_channels, device=device, dtype=dtype))
self.running_var.append(torch.ones(
out_channels, device=device, dtype=dtype))
self.layer_specs.append(ConvLayerSpec(
name=name, stride=stride, padding=1,
hidden_shape=tuple(hidden_shape), branch_scale=float(branch_scale)))
return len(self.W) - 1
channels = base_width
spatial = 32
stem = add_conv("stem", 3, channels, 1, (channels, spatial, spatial))
if stem != 0:
raise AssertionError("stem must be convolution zero")
for stage, out_channels in enumerate(
(base_width, 2 * base_width, 4 * base_width)):
for block in range(self.blocks_per_stage):
stride = 2 if stage > 0 and block == 0 else 1
if stride == 2:
spatial //= 2
first = add_conv(
f"stage{stage + 1}.block{block + 1}.conv1",
channels, out_channels, stride,
(out_channels, spatial, spatial))
second = add_conv(
f"stage{stage + 1}.block{block + 1}.conv2",
out_channels, out_channels, 1,
(out_channels, spatial, spatial), self.residual_scale)
self.blocks.append({
"first": first,
"second": second,
"in_channels": channels,
"out_channels": out_channels,
"stride": stride,
})
channels = out_channels
if len(self.W) != depth - 1:
raise AssertionError(
f"expected {depth - 1} convolutions, constructed {len(self.W)}")
self.W_out = (torch.randn(n_classes, channels, generator=generator)
/ math.sqrt(channels)).to(device=device, dtype=dtype)
self.b_out = torch.zeros(n_classes, device=device, dtype=dtype)
self.mW = [torch.zeros_like(weight) for weight in self.W]
self.mW_out = torch.zeros_like(self.W_out)
self.mb_out = torch.zeros_like(self.b_out)
self.mgamma = [torch.zeros_like(value) for value in self.gamma]
self.mbeta = [torch.zeros_like(value) for value in self.beta]
@property
def hidden_shapes(self):
return [spec.hidden_shape for spec in self.layer_specs]
@property
def n_hidden(self):
return len(self.layer_specs)
@property
def n_forward_parameters(self):
return (sum(weight.numel() for weight in self.W)
+ sum(value.numel() for value in self.gamma)
+ sum(value.numel() for value in self.beta)
+ self.W_out.numel() + self.b_out.numel())
@property
def forward_macs_per_example(self):
"""Multiply-accumulates in convolutions plus the linear readout."""
total = 0
for weight, spec in zip(self.W, self.layer_specs):
out_channels, in_channels, kh, kw = weight.shape
_, height, width = spec.hidden_shape
total += out_channels * height * width * in_channels * kh * kw
total += self.W_out.numel()
return int(total)
@staticmethod
def _option_a_shortcut(x, out_channels, stride):
"""Original CIFAR ResNet identity shortcut with striding/zero padding."""
if stride == 2:
x = x[:, :, ::2, ::2]
in_channels = x.shape[1]
if in_channels == out_channels:
return x
if in_channels > out_channels:
raise ValueError("option-A shortcut cannot reduce channel count")
missing = out_channels - in_channels
before = missing // 2
after = missing - before
chunks = []
if before:
chunks.append(x.new_zeros(x.shape[0], before, x.shape[2], x.shape[3]))
chunks.append(x)
if after:
chunks.append(x.new_zeros(x.shape[0], after, x.shape[2], x.shape[3]))
return torch.cat(chunks, dim=1)
def _inject(self, value, perturbations, index):
if perturbations is None:
return value
perturbation = perturbations[index]
if tuple(perturbation.shape) != tuple(value.shape):
raise ValueError(
f"perturbation {index} shape {tuple(perturbation.shape)} "
f"does not match hidden value {tuple(value.shape)}")
return value + perturbation
def _normalize(self, index, value, training, update_stats):
if self.normalization == "none":
return value, None
axes = (0, 2, 3)
if training:
mean = value.mean(dim=axes)
variance = value.var(dim=axes, unbiased=False)
if update_stats:
with torch.no_grad():
count = value.numel() // value.shape[1]
unbiased = variance * count / max(1, count - 1)
self.running_mean[index].lerp_(mean.detach(), self.bn_momentum)
self.running_var[index].lerp_(unbiased.detach(), self.bn_momentum)
else:
mean = self.running_mean[index]
variance = self.running_var[index]
inverse_std = torch.rsqrt(variance + self.bn_eps)
normalized = ((value - mean[None, :, None, None])
* inverse_std[None, :, None, None])
output = (self.gamma[index][None, :, None, None] * normalized
+ self.beta[index][None, :, None, None])
cache = {
"normalized": normalized,
"inverse_std": inverse_std,
"training": bool(training),
}
return output, cache
def forward(self, x, perturbations=None, return_cache=False, training=False,
update_stats=False):
if x.ndim != 4 or tuple(x.shape[1:]) != (3, 32, 32):
raise ValueError(f"expected CIFAR NCHW input, got {tuple(x.shape)}")
if perturbations is not None and len(perturbations) != self.n_hidden:
raise ValueError(
f"expected {self.n_hidden} perturbations, got {len(perturbations)}")
hiddens = []
caches = []
pre = x
u = F.conv2d(pre, self.W[0], stride=1, padding=1)
normalized, norm_cache = self._normalize(0, u, training, update_stats)
h_clean = F.relu(normalized)
hiddens.append(h_clean)
if return_cache:
caches.append({"pre": pre, "gate": normalized > 0,
"normalization": norm_cache})
h = self._inject(h_clean, perturbations, 0)
for block in self.blocks:
first = block["first"]
second = block["second"]
shortcut = self._option_a_shortcut(
h, block["out_channels"], block["stride"])
pre_first = h
u_first = F.conv2d(
pre_first, self.W[first], stride=block["stride"], padding=1)
normalized_first, first_norm_cache = self._normalize(
first, u_first, training, update_stats)
first_clean = F.relu(normalized_first)
hiddens.append(first_clean)
if return_cache:
caches.append({"pre": pre_first, "gate": normalized_first > 0,
"normalization": first_norm_cache})
first_value = self._inject(first_clean, perturbations, first)
u_second = F.conv2d(first_value, self.W[second], stride=1, padding=1)
normalized_second, second_norm_cache = self._normalize(
second, u_second, training, update_stats)
block_pre = shortcut + self.residual_scale * normalized_second
block_clean = F.relu(block_pre)
hiddens.append(block_clean)
if return_cache:
caches.append({"pre": first_value, "gate": block_pre > 0,
"normalization": second_norm_cache})
h = self._inject(block_clean, perturbations, second)
features = h.mean(dim=(2, 3))
logits = features @ self.W_out.t() + self.b_out
result = {"logits": logits, "features": features, "hiddens": hiddens}
if return_cache:
if len(caches) != self.n_hidden:
raise AssertionError("cache/hidden layer mismatch")
result["caches"] = caches
return result
def logits(self, x):
return self.forward(x)["logits"]
def _normalization_backward(self, index, delta, cache):
"""Local BatchNorm Jacobian-vector product and affine directions."""
if self.normalization == "none":
return delta, None, None
normalized = cache["normalized"]
gamma_direction = (delta * normalized).sum(dim=(0, 2, 3))
beta_direction = delta.sum(dim=(0, 2, 3))
scaled = delta * self.gamma[index][None, :, None, None]
inverse_std = cache["inverse_std"][None, :, None, None]
if cache["training"]:
count = delta.shape[0] * delta.shape[2] * delta.shape[3]
summed = scaled.sum(dim=(0, 2, 3), keepdim=True)
projected = (scaled * normalized).sum(
dim=(0, 2, 3), keepdim=True)
input_delta = (inverse_std / count) * (
count * scaled - summed - normalized * projected)
else:
input_delta = inverse_std * scaled
return input_delta, gamma_direction, beta_direction
def local_ascent_directions(self, teaching, output_error, forward):
"""Return forward-parameter descent directions from local signals.
``teaching[l][i]`` represents the per-example ``-d ell_i/dh_l``. Each
convolutional direction averages the exact local Jacobian-vector
products using only that population's cache. The output error is the
per-example ``d ell_i/dlogits`` and therefore receives an explicit
minus sign.
"""
if len(teaching) != self.n_hidden:
raise ValueError(f"expected {self.n_hidden} teaching tensors")
caches = forward.get("caches")
if caches is None:
raise ValueError("local directions require a cached forward pass")
batch = output_error.shape[0]
directions = []
gamma_directions = []
beta_directions = []
with torch.no_grad():
for index, (signal, cache, spec, weight) in enumerate(zip(
teaching, caches, self.layer_specs, self.W)):
if tuple(signal.shape[1:]) != spec.hidden_shape:
raise ValueError(
f"teaching {index} has {tuple(signal.shape[1:])}, "
f"expected {spec.hidden_shape}")
post_norm_delta = (signal * cache["gate"].to(signal.dtype)
* spec.branch_scale)
delta, gamma_direction, beta_direction = self._normalization_backward(
index, post_norm_delta, cache["normalization"])
direction = torch.nn.grad.conv2d_weight(
cache["pre"].detach(), weight.shape, delta.detach(),
stride=spec.stride, padding=spec.padding)
directions.append(direction / batch)
if gamma_direction is not None:
gamma_directions.append(gamma_direction / batch)
beta_directions.append(beta_direction / batch)
output_weight = -(output_error.t() @ forward["features"].detach()) / batch
output_bias = -output_error.mean(dim=0)
return (directions, gamma_directions, beta_directions,
output_weight, output_bias)
def apply_ascent(self, directions, output_weight, output_bias, eta_hidden,
eta_output=None, momentum=0.0, weight_decay=0.0,
gamma_directions=None, beta_directions=None):
"""Apply simultaneously computed directions with optional momentum."""
if len(directions) != len(self.W):
raise ValueError("one direction is required for every convolution")
eta_output = eta_hidden if eta_output is None else eta_output
gamma_directions = [] if gamma_directions is None else gamma_directions
beta_directions = [] if beta_directions is None else beta_directions
if self.normalization == "batchnorm" and not (
len(gamma_directions) == len(beta_directions) == len(self.W)):
raise ValueError("BatchNorm directions must cover every convolution")
with torch.no_grad():
for index, (weight, direction) in enumerate(zip(self.W, directions)):
update = direction - weight_decay * weight
if momentum:
self.mW[index].mul_(momentum).add_(update)
update = self.mW[index]
weight.add_(update, alpha=eta_hidden)
for index, (gamma_direction, beta_direction) in enumerate(zip(
gamma_directions, beta_directions)):
if momentum:
self.mgamma[index].mul_(momentum).add_(gamma_direction)
self.mbeta[index].mul_(momentum).add_(beta_direction)
gamma_direction = self.mgamma[index]
beta_direction = self.mbeta[index]
self.gamma[index].add_(gamma_direction, alpha=eta_hidden)
self.beta[index].add_(beta_direction, alpha=eta_hidden)
out_update = output_weight - weight_decay * self.W_out
if momentum:
self.mW_out.mul_(momentum).add_(out_update)
self.mb_out.mul_(momentum).add_(output_bias)
out_update = self.mW_out
output_bias = self.mb_out
self.W_out.add_(out_update, alpha=eta_output)
self.b_out.add_(output_bias, alpha=eta_output)
def bp_step(self, x, y, eta, momentum=0.0, weight_decay=0.0):
"""Exact-backprop comparator on the identical forward architecture."""
parameters = self.W + self.gamma + self.beta + [self.W_out, self.b_out]
for parameter in parameters:
parameter.requires_grad_(True)
loss = F.cross_entropy(
self.forward(x, training=True, update_stats=True)["logits"], y)
gradients = torch.autograd.grad(loss, parameters)
n_conv = len(self.W)
with torch.no_grad():
conv_directions = [-gradient for gradient in gradients[:n_conv]]
if self.normalization == "batchnorm":
gamma_directions = [
-gradient for gradient in gradients[n_conv:2 * n_conv]]
beta_directions = [
-gradient for gradient in gradients[2 * n_conv:3 * n_conv]]
else:
gamma_directions = []
beta_directions = []
output_weight = -gradients[-2]
output_bias = -gradients[-1]
self.apply_ascent(
conv_directions, output_weight, output_bias, eta,
momentum=momentum, weight_decay=weight_decay,
gamma_directions=gamma_directions,
beta_directions=beta_directions)
for parameter in parameters:
parameter.requires_grad_(False)
return float(loss.detach())
class CIFARSDILResNet(CIFARLocalResNet):
"""CIFAR local ResNet with per-unit apical vectorizers and predictors.
``spatial_template`` gives every feature unit a class-error vectorizer.
``channel_gated`` instead shares class coefficients across position and
obtains spatially heterogeneous credit through a local ``tanh(h)`` gate.
The latter respects convolutional translation sharing and sharply reduces
feedback parameters. The predictor remains Harnett-faithful and diagonal:
each unit fits its own affine soma--apical relation.
"""
def __init__(self, *args, a_scale=1.0, apical_seed=None,
vectorizer_mode="spatial_template", **kwargs):
model_seed = kwargs.get("seed", 0)
super().__init__(*args, **kwargs)
generator = torch.Generator(device="cpu").manual_seed(
model_seed + 10007 if apical_seed is None else apical_seed)
nuisance_generator = torch.Generator(device="cpu").manual_seed(
model_seed + 20011 if apical_seed is None else apical_seed + 1)
if vectorizer_mode not in ("spatial_template", "channel_gated"):
raise ValueError(f"unknown convolutional vectorizer: {vectorizer_mode}")
self.vectorizer_mode = vectorizer_mode
self.A = []
self.A_gate = []
self.P = []
self.P_bias = []
self.Bnuis = []
for channels, height, width in self.hidden_shapes:
units = channels * height * width
# A global-average readout makes early per-unit gradients shrink
# approximately as 1/(H*W). This scale keeps fixed-DFA controls
# finite while learned A remains free to change its gain.
std = a_scale / (height * width * math.sqrt(self.n_classes))
vectorizer_units = units if vectorizer_mode == "spatial_template" else channels
self.A.append((torch.randn(
vectorizer_units, self.n_classes, generator=generator)
* std).to(device=self.device, dtype=self.dtype))
if vectorizer_mode == "channel_gated":
self.A_gate.append(torch.zeros(
channels, self.n_classes, device=self.device, dtype=self.dtype))
shape = (channels, height, width)
self.P.append(torch.zeros(shape, device=self.device, dtype=self.dtype))
self.P_bias.append(torch.zeros(shape, device=self.device, dtype=self.dtype))
self.Bnuis.append(torch.exp(
0.25 * torch.randn(shape, generator=nuisance_generator)
).to(device=self.device, dtype=self.dtype))
@property
def n_vectorizer_parameters(self):
return (sum(value.numel() for value in self.A)
+ sum(value.numel() for value in self.A_gate))
@property
def n_predictor_parameters(self):
return (sum(value.numel() for value in self.P)
+ sum(value.numel() for value in self.P_bias))
@property
def n_apical_parameters(self):
return self.n_vectorizer_parameters + self.n_predictor_parameters
@property
def n_fixed_traffic_coefficients(self):
return sum(value.numel() for value in self.Bnuis)
@property
def apical_macs_per_example(self):
"""MACs for projecting one class-error vector to all hidden units."""
if self.vectorizer_mode == "spatial_template":
return sum(value.numel() for value in self.A)
projection = sum(value.numel() for value in self.A + self.A_gate)
gating = sum(math.prod(shape) for shape in self.hidden_shapes)
return projection + gating
def instruction(self, index, output_signal, hidden):
shape = self.hidden_shapes[index]
if self.vectorizer_mode == "spatial_template":
return (output_signal @ self.A[index].t()).reshape(
output_signal.shape[0], *shape)
base = (output_signal @ self.A[index].t())[:, :, None, None]
gate = (output_signal @ self.A_gate[index].t())[:, :, None, None]
return base + torch.tanh(hidden) * gate
def apical_components(self, output_signal, hiddens, nuisance_scale=0.0,
use_residual=True):
"""Return teaching, raw apical, and innovation at every population."""
if len(hiddens) != self.n_hidden:
raise ValueError("one somatic state is required per apical population")
teaching = []
raw_apical = []
innovations = []
for index, hidden in enumerate(hiddens):
instruction = self.instruction(index, output_signal, hidden)
traffic = nuisance_scale * self.Bnuis[index] * hidden
raw = instruction + traffic
baseline = self.P[index] * hidden + self.P_bias[index]
innovation = raw - baseline
teaching.append(innovation if use_residual else raw)
raw_apical.append(raw)
innovations.append(innovation)
return teaching, raw_apical, innovations
@torch.no_grad()
def predictor_step(self, hiddens, eta, nuisance_scale):
"""Neutral-period normalized LMS fit to soma-predictable traffic."""
squared_error = 0.0
units = 0
for index, hidden in enumerate(hiddens):
target = nuisance_scale * self.Bnuis[index] * hidden
residual = target - self.P[index] * hidden - self.P_bias[index]
centered_h = hidden - hidden.mean(dim=0)
centered_r = residual - residual.mean(dim=0)
variance = centered_h.square().mean(dim=0)
self.P[index].add_(
(centered_r * centered_h).mean(dim=0) / (variance + 1e-6),
alpha=eta)
self.P_bias[index].add_(residual.mean(dim=0), alpha=eta)
squared_error += float(residual.square().sum())
units += residual.numel()
return squared_error / units
@torch.no_grad()
def calibrate_apical(self, output_signal, hiddens, predicted_teaching,
targets, eta):
"""Local delta rule fitting innovation to causal perturbation targets."""
if not (len(hiddens) == len(predicted_teaching)
== len(targets) == self.n_hidden):
raise ValueError("calibration lists must cover every hidden population")
batch = output_signal.shape[0]
before_error = 0.0
target_power = 0.0
dot = 0.0
prediction_power = 0.0
for index, (hidden, prediction, target) in enumerate(zip(
hiddens, predicted_teaching, targets)):
error = target - prediction
flat_error = error.flatten(1)
if self.vectorizer_mode == "spatial_template":
self.A[index].add_(
flat_error.t() @ output_signal / batch, alpha=eta)
else:
spatial_error = error.mean(dim=(2, 3))
gated_error = (error * torch.tanh(hidden)).mean(dim=(2, 3))
self.A[index].add_(
spatial_error.t() @ output_signal / batch, alpha=eta)
self.A_gate[index].add_(
gated_error.t() @ output_signal / batch, alpha=eta)
before_error += float(error.square().sum())
target_power += float(target.square().sum())
prediction_power += float(prediction.square().sum())
dot += float((target * prediction).sum())
denominator = math.sqrt(target_power * prediction_power)
return {
"calibration_mse": before_error / sum(
target.numel() for target in targets),
"target_power": target_power / sum(target.numel() for target in targets),
"prediction_target_cosine": dot / denominator if denominator else 0.0,
}
@torch.no_grad()
def simultaneous_conv_node_perturbation(net, x, y, clean_forward, sigma=1e-2,
n_directions=1, generator=None,
return_diagnostics=False):
"""Forward-only antithetic targets for all convolutional populations.
Independent Rademacher interventions are injected into every hidden map in
the same plus/minus evaluations. Cross-layer interference is zero mean and
is handled by the variance theorem in ``THEORY.md``. The antithetic trials
are evaluated as separate B-sized batches: concatenating them would couple
their BatchNorm statistics and change the intervention being estimated.
"""
if sigma <= 0:
raise ValueError("perturbation sigma must be positive")
if n_directions < 1:
raise ValueError("n_directions must be positive")
if len(clean_forward["hiddens"]) != net.n_hidden:
raise ValueError("clean forward does not match network hidden populations")
if generator is None:
generator = torch.Generator(device=x.device).manual_seed(0)
targets = [torch.zeros_like(hidden) for hidden in clean_forward["hiddens"]]
diagnostic_directions = []
diagnostic_derivatives = []
for _ in range(n_directions):
directions = []
for hidden in clean_forward["hiddens"]:
direction = torch.empty_like(hidden).bernoulli_(
0.5, generator=generator).mul_(2).sub_(1)
directions.append(direction)
# Build one signed intervention at a time and retain only its scalar
# losses. Keeping both complete hidden dictionaries would needlessly
# double peak memory at ResNet-56.
plus = F.cross_entropy(net.forward(
x, perturbations=[sigma * direction for direction in directions],
training=True, update_stats=False)["logits"], y, reduction="none")
minus = F.cross_entropy(net.forward(
x, perturbations=[-sigma * direction for direction in directions],
training=True, update_stats=False)["logits"], y, reduction="none")
if net.normalization == "batchnorm":
# BN couples examples. The per-example loss difference is not a
# valid node-perturbation target because ell_i also responds to
# xi_j for j != i. The scalar batch objective is valid; multiplying
# its derivative by B recovers the derivative of the summed loss,
# matching the per-example signal convention of the local update.
batch_directional = (plus.mean() - minus.mean()) / (2.0 * sigma)
directional = batch_directional.mul(x.shape[0]).expand(x.shape[0])
else:
batch_directional = None
directional = (plus - minus) / (2.0 * sigma)
for index, direction in enumerate(directions):
expand = directional.reshape(
directional.shape[0], *([1] * (direction.ndim - 1)))
targets[index].add_(-expand * direction / n_directions)
if return_diagnostics:
diagnostic_directions.append(directions)
diagnostic_derivatives.append({
"scaled_directional": directional,
"batch_mean_directional": batch_directional,
"coupling": ("batch_objective" if batch_directional is not None
else "per_example_objective"),
})
if return_diagnostics:
return targets, {
"directions": diagnostic_directions,
"directional_derivatives": diagnostic_derivatives,
}
return targets
@torch.no_grad()
def channel_subspace_apical_calibration(
net, x, y, clean_forward, output_signal, sigma=1e-2,
n_directions=1, eta=1e-3, generator=None, return_diagnostics=False):
"""Calibrate channel-gated feedback in its representable causal subspace.
The legacy estimator perturbs every spatial unit independently, estimates a
full hidden target, and only then averages that target into the shared
channel coefficients. With K=1, most of its variance lies outside the
vectorizer's representable subspace. Here each intervention is instead
``(z_base + tanh(h) z_gate) / sqrt(2)`` with one Rademacher coefficient per
example and channel. If ``D`` is the antithetic loss derivative and ``S``
is the number of spatial sites, ``-sqrt(2) D z/S`` is an unbiased estimate
of the corresponding negative-gradient moment. Cross-example and
cross-layer terms remain zero mean. Subtracting the predicted moments
gives exactly the expected local delta-rule update that full unit targets
would produce, without first estimating directions outside the feedback
model's representable subspace.
This is still forward-only causal calibration: it consumes the same two
scalar loss queries per direction, never differentiates through the
network, and updates only the local A/A_gate tensors.
"""
if getattr(net, "vectorizer_mode", None) != "channel_gated":
raise ValueError("channel-subspace calibration requires channel_gated A")
if sigma <= 0 or n_directions < 1 or eta < 0:
raise ValueError("invalid channel-subspace calibration hyperparameters")
if len(clean_forward["hiddens"]) != net.n_hidden:
raise ValueError("clean forward does not match network hidden populations")
if generator is None:
generator = torch.Generator(device=x.device).manual_seed(0)
batch = x.shape[0]
target_base = [torch.zeros(
batch, hidden.shape[1], device=hidden.device, dtype=hidden.dtype)
for hidden in clean_forward["hiddens"]]
target_gate = [torch.zeros_like(value) for value in target_base]
diagnostic_directions = []
diagnostic_derivatives = []
inverse_sqrt_two = 1.0 / math.sqrt(2.0)
for _ in range(n_directions):
base_random = []
gate_random = []
directions = []
for hidden in clean_forward["hiddens"]:
shape = (batch, hidden.shape[1])
base = torch.empty(
shape, device=hidden.device, dtype=hidden.dtype).bernoulli_(
0.5, generator=generator).mul_(2).sub_(1)
gate = torch.empty_like(base).bernoulli_(
0.5, generator=generator).mul_(2).sub_(1)
direction = (base[:, :, None, None]
+ torch.tanh(hidden) * gate[:, :, None, None])
direction.mul_(inverse_sqrt_two)
base_random.append(base)
gate_random.append(gate)
directions.append(direction)
plus = F.cross_entropy(net.forward(
x, perturbations=[sigma * value for value in directions],
training=True, update_stats=False)["logits"], y, reduction="none")
minus = F.cross_entropy(net.forward(
x, perturbations=[-sigma * value for value in directions],
training=True, update_stats=False)["logits"], y, reduction="none")
if net.normalization == "batchnorm":
batch_directional = (plus.mean() - minus.mean()) / (2.0 * sigma)
directional = batch_directional.mul(batch).expand(batch)
else:
batch_directional = None
directional = (plus - minus) / (2.0 * sigma)
for index, (hidden, base, gate) in enumerate(zip(
clean_forward["hiddens"], base_random, gate_random)):
spatial = hidden.shape[2] * hidden.shape[3]
scale = -math.sqrt(2.0) / (spatial * n_directions)
target_base[index].add_(directional[:, None] * base, alpha=scale)
target_gate[index].add_(directional[:, None] * gate, alpha=scale)
if return_diagnostics:
diagnostic_directions.append({
"hidden": directions, "base": base_random, "gate": gate_random})
diagnostic_derivatives.append({
"scaled_directional": directional,
"batch_mean_directional": batch_directional,
"coupling": ("batch_objective" if batch_directional is not None
else "per_example_objective"),
})
before_error = 0.0
target_power = 0.0
prediction_power = 0.0
dot = 0.0
update_power = 0.0
coefficients = 0
for index, (base_target, gate_target) in enumerate(zip(
target_base, target_gate)):
base_coefficient = output_signal @ net.A[index].t()
gate_coefficient = output_signal @ net.A_gate[index].t()
gate = torch.tanh(clean_forward["hiddens"][index])
gate_mean = gate.mean(dim=(2, 3))
gate_second_moment = gate.square().mean(dim=(2, 3))
# For prediction b + tanh(h) g, these are its inner products with
# the two representable basis fields. The errors are therefore the
# exact stochastic gradients of full-field squared prediction error.
base_prediction = base_coefficient + gate_mean * gate_coefficient
gate_prediction = (gate_mean * base_coefficient
+ gate_second_moment * gate_coefficient)
base_error = base_target - base_prediction
gate_error = gate_target - gate_prediction
base_update = base_error.t() @ output_signal / batch
gate_update = gate_error.t() @ output_signal / batch
net.A[index].add_(base_update, alpha=eta)
net.A_gate[index].add_(gate_update, alpha=eta)
for prediction, target, error in (
(base_prediction, base_target, base_error),
(gate_prediction, gate_target, gate_error)):
before_error += float(error.square().sum())
target_power += float(target.square().sum())
prediction_power += float(prediction.square().sum())
dot += float((prediction * target).sum())
coefficients += target.numel()
update_power += float(base_update.square().sum() + gate_update.square().sum())
denominator = math.sqrt(target_power * prediction_power)
calibration = {
"calibration_mse": before_error / coefficients,
"target_power": target_power / coefficients,
"prediction_target_cosine": dot / denominator if denominator else 0.0,
"parameter_update_rms": math.sqrt(
update_power / max(1, net.n_vectorizer_parameters)),
}
if return_diagnostics:
return calibration, {
"directions": diagnostic_directions,
"directional_derivatives": diagnostic_derivatives,
"target_base": target_base,
"target_gate": target_gate,
}
return calibration
@dataclass
class ConvSDILConfig:
eta: float = 0.01
eta_output: float = None
eta_A: float = 0.01
eta_P: float = 0.01
momentum: float = 0.9
weight_decay: float = 5e-4
learn_A: bool = True
learn_P: bool = False
use_residual: bool = True
nuisance_scale: float = 0.0
pert_sigma: float = 1e-2
pert_every: int = 4
pert_directions: int = 1
apical_calibration_mode: str = "unit_targets"
direct_node_perturbation: bool = False
def validate(self):
if self.eta <= 0 or (self.eta_output is not None and self.eta_output <= 0):
raise ValueError("forward learning rates must be positive")
if self.eta_A < 0 or self.eta_P < 0:
raise ValueError("apical learning rates must be nonnegative")
if self.pert_every < 1 or self.pert_directions < 1:
raise ValueError("perturbation cadence/directions must be positive")
if self.apical_calibration_mode not in (
"unit_targets", "channel_subspace"):
raise ValueError("unknown apical calibration mode")
if self.direct_node_perturbation and self.pert_every != 1:
raise ValueError("direct node perturbation requires a target every step")
if (self.direct_node_perturbation
and self.apical_calibration_mode != "unit_targets"):
raise ValueError("direct node perturbation requires unit targets")
def conv_local_step(net, x, y, config, step, generator=None):
"""One DFA/learned-feedback/direct-NP minibatch update without autograd."""
config.validate()
with torch.no_grad():
forward = net.forward(
x, return_cache=True, training=True, update_stats=True)
logits = forward["logits"]
loss = F.cross_entropy(logits, y)
output_error = (torch.softmax(logits, dim=1)
- F.one_hot(y, net.n_classes).to(logits.dtype))
teaching, raw, innovations = net.apical_components(
output_error, forward["hiddens"], config.nuisance_scale,
config.use_residual)
total_units = sum(value.numel() for value in teaching)
teaching_rms = math.sqrt(
sum(float(value.square().sum()) for value in teaching) / total_units)
raw_apical_rms = math.sqrt(
sum(float(value.square().sum()) for value in raw) / total_units)
innovation_rms = math.sqrt(
sum(float(value.square().sum()) for value in innovations) / total_units)
del raw, innovations
did_perturb = ((config.learn_A or config.direct_node_perturbation)
and step % config.pert_every == 0)
targets = None
calibration = None
if did_perturb:
if config.apical_calibration_mode == "channel_subspace":
calibration = channel_subspace_apical_calibration(
net, x, y, forward, output_error,
sigma=config.pert_sigma,
n_directions=config.pert_directions, eta=config.eta_A,
generator=generator)
else:
targets = simultaneous_conv_node_perturbation(
net, x, y, forward, sigma=config.pert_sigma,
n_directions=config.pert_directions, generator=generator)
weight_teaching = targets if config.direct_node_perturbation else teaching
if weight_teaching is None:
raise RuntimeError("direct perturbation target is unavailable")
(directions, gamma_directions, beta_directions,
output_weight, output_bias) = net.local_ascent_directions(
weight_teaching, output_error, forward)
net.apply_ascent(
directions, output_weight, output_bias,
eta_hidden=config.eta, eta_output=config.eta_output,
momentum=config.momentum, weight_decay=config.weight_decay,
gamma_directions=gamma_directions,
beta_directions=beta_directions)
if (did_perturb and config.learn_A
and config.apical_calibration_mode == "unit_targets"):
calibration = net.calibrate_apical(
output_error, forward["hiddens"], teaching, targets, config.eta_A)
predictor_mse = None
if config.learn_P:
predictor_mse = net.predictor_step(
forward["hiddens"], config.eta_P, config.nuisance_scale)
return {
"loss": float(loss),
"did_perturb": did_perturb,
"calibration": calibration,
"predictor_mse": predictor_mse,
"teaching_rms": teaching_rms,
"raw_apical_rms": raw_apical_rms,
"innovation_rms": innovation_rms,
}
@torch.no_grad()
def conv_apical_calibration_step(net, x, y, config, generator=None):
"""Fit A from one causal intervention event while forward weights stay fixed."""
config.validate()
if not config.learn_A:
raise ValueError("apical-only calibration requires learn_A=True")
forward = net.forward(
x, return_cache=False, training=True, update_stats=False)
logits = forward["logits"]
output_error = (torch.softmax(logits, dim=1)
- F.one_hot(y, net.n_classes).to(logits.dtype))
teaching, raw, innovations = net.apical_components(
output_error, forward["hiddens"], config.nuisance_scale,
config.use_residual)
del raw, innovations
if config.apical_calibration_mode == "channel_subspace":
calibration = channel_subspace_apical_calibration(
net, x, y, forward, output_error, sigma=config.pert_sigma,
n_directions=config.pert_directions, eta=config.eta_A,
generator=generator)
else:
targets = simultaneous_conv_node_perturbation(
net, x, y, forward, sigma=config.pert_sigma,
n_directions=config.pert_directions, generator=generator)
calibration = net.calibrate_apical(
output_error, forward["hiddens"], teaching, targets, config.eta_A)
return float(F.cross_entropy(logits, y)), calibration
def conv_alignment_report(net, x, y, config):
"""Measure apical alignment to exact hidden gradients; never used to learn."""
parameters = net.W + net.gamma + net.beta + [net.W_out, net.b_out]
for parameter in parameters:
parameter.requires_grad_(True)
forward = net.forward(x, training=True, update_stats=False)
gradients = torch.autograd.grad(
F.cross_entropy(forward["logits"], y), forward["hiddens"])
batch = x.shape[0]
negative_gradients = [-batch * gradient.detach() for gradient in gradients]
with torch.no_grad():
output_error = (torch.softmax(forward["logits"], dim=1)
- F.one_hot(y, net.n_classes).to(forward["logits"].dtype))
teaching, raw, innovations = net.apical_components(
output_error, [value.detach() for value in forward["hiddens"]],
config.nuisance_scale, config.use_residual)
def cosine(left, right):
left = left.flatten(1)
right = right.flatten(1)
return float(F.cosine_similarity(left, right, dim=1).mean())
report = {
"normalization_state": "training_batch_stats_without_running_update",
"teaching_negative_gradient_cosine": [
cosine(left, right) for left, right in zip(teaching, negative_gradients)],
"raw_negative_gradient_cosine": [
cosine(left, right) for left, right in zip(raw, negative_gradients)],
"innovation_negative_gradient_cosine": [
cosine(left, right) for left, right in zip(innovations, negative_gradients)],
}
for parameter in parameters:
parameter.requires_grad_(False)
return report
@torch.no_grad()
def evaluate_conv(net, loader):
correct = 0
total = 0
total_loss = 0.0
for x, y in loader:
logits = net.logits(x)
total_loss += F.cross_entropy(logits, y, reduction="sum").item()
correct += (logits.argmax(dim=1) == y).sum().item()
total += y.numel()
return correct / total, total_loss / total
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