arXiv cs.LG
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The Kinetics of Training: A Driven-Nucleation Rate Law for Emergence, Plasticity Loss, and Circuit Control in Language Models
arXiv:2607.27281v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: A capability appears in a language model when the last parts of its circuit align in one stochastic attempt, and getting all but one right is worth nothing. We show this no-partial-credit joint alignment is the rate-limiting step of capability formation. Two fingerprints: