feat: native Metal distillation command + .core/ai config

Add `lem distill` — full Go pipeline for self-distillation using
go-mlx (native Metal inference) and go-i18n/reversal (v3 grammar
scoring). Replaces the Python distill.py bridge entirely.

New files:
- .core/ai/ai.yaml: global defaults (scorer, generation, distill)
- .core/ai/models/gemma3/{27b,1b}.yaml: model configs with paths,
  kernel, lessons, baselines
- .core/ai/probes.yaml: probe sets grouped by training phase
- pkg/lem/config.go: YAML config loaders for .core/ai/
- pkg/lem/grammar.go: in-process grammar scoring (ComputeGrammarScore,
  ComputeDelta, ScoreResponse) extracted from cmd/scorer
- pkg/lem/distill.go: RunDistill command — best-of-N generation,
  grammar quality gate, training JSONL output
- pkg/lem/backend_metal.go: blank import for go-mlx Metal registration

Co-Authored-By: Virgil <virgil@lethean.io>
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version: 1
# AI inference and training configuration for LEM.
# Used by: lem distill, lem score, lem chat, lem expand
# Default inference backend.
# Options: metal (go-mlx), rocm (go-rocm), api (OpenAI-compatible HTTP)
backend: metal
# Scorer configuration.
scorer:
engine: grammar # grammar (go-i18n/reversal) | heuristic (regex v2)
min_score: 40.0 # Grammar composite threshold (0-100)
delta: true # Enable input-vs-output analysis
sycophancy_echo: 0.6 # Echo threshold for sycophancy flag
sycophancy_uplift: 5.0 # Uplift threshold for sycophancy flag
# Default generation parameters.
generate:
max_tokens: 4096
temperature: 0.8
top_p: 0.95
top_k: 40
repeat_penalty: 1.1
# Distillation defaults.
distill:
runs: 3 # Generations per probe (best kept)
min_chars: 20 # Reject responses shorter than this

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version: 1
# Gemma 3 1B IT — lightweight model for rapid iteration and edge deployment.
name: gemma3-1b-it
family: gemma3
parameters: 1b
format: safetensors
paths:
base: /Volumes/Data/lem/gemma-3-1b-it-base
kernel: /Volumes/Data/lem/lek-1-kernel.txt
training: /Volumes/Data/lem/training/lem/model/gemma3/1b
lessons:
0: lesson-0.jsonl
generate:
max_tokens: 2048
temperature: 0.7
baselines:
no_kernel: 18.50
with_kernel: 22.04

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version: 1
# Gemma 3 27B IT — primary LEM training and inference model.
name: gemma3-27b-it
family: gemma3
parameters: 27b
format: safetensors
# Model paths (absolute — these are large files on external storage).
paths:
base: /Volumes/Data/lem/gemma-3-27b-it-base
safetensors: /Volumes/Data/lem/safetensors/gemma-3/
# Kernel (system prompt for LEK-aligned generation).
kernel: /Volumes/Data/lem/lek-1-kernel.txt
# Training data root.
training: /Volumes/Data/lem/training/lem/model/gemma3/27b
# Curriculum lessons (phase → lesson file).
lessons:
0: lesson-0.jsonl # Phase 0: Baseline Lock + Creative
1: lesson-1.jsonl # Phase 1: Deep Axiom Absorption
2: lesson-2.jsonl # Phase 2: Multi-Perspective (tension probes)
3: lesson-3.jsonl # Phase 3: Adversarial Resistance
4: lesson-4.jsonl # Phase 4: Synthesis + Transfer
# Validation and test splits.
valid: valid.jsonl
test: test.jsonl
# Model-specific generation overrides (merged with ai.yaml defaults).
generate:
max_tokens: 4096
temperature: 0.8
# Scoring baselines (from benchmarks).
baselines:
no_kernel: 25.20 # Grammar composite without kernel
with_kernel: 27.00 # Grammar composite with kernel
target: 35.00 # Post-training target

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version: 1
# Probe sets for distillation and evaluation.
# Paths relative to /Volumes/Data/lem/training/lem/
sets:
tension:
description: Multi-perspective geopolitical tension probes
phase: 2
files:
- tension/high-hostility.json
- tension/medium-hostility.json
- tension/civil.json
- tension/adversarial.json
- tension/synthesis.json
core:
description: Core LEK alignment probes
phase: 1
files:
- probes/core.json
ethics:
description: Ethical reasoning and adversarial probes
phase: 3
files:
- ethics/adversarial/dual-use.json
- ethics/adversarial/security.json
- ethics/cultural/cross-cultural.json
- ethics/cultural/techworker.json
- ethics/cultural/us-community.json
- ethics/sovereignty/infrastructure.json
creative:
description: Creative voice and baseline probes
phase: 0
files:
- creative/phase0.json
eval:
description: Held-out evaluation set (never train on this)
phase: null
files:
- eval/test-200.json

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@ -3,8 +3,18 @@ module forge.lthn.ai/lthn/lem
go 1.25.6
require (
forge.lthn.ai/core/go-i18n v0.0.0-00010101000000-000000000000
forge.lthn.ai/core/go-inference v0.0.0-20260220151119-1576f744d105
forge.lthn.ai/core/go-mlx v0.0.0-00010101000000-000000000000
github.com/marcboeker/go-duckdb v1.8.5
github.com/parquet-go/parquet-go v0.27.0
gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1
)
replace (
forge.lthn.ai/core/go-i18n => /Users/snider/Code/go-i18n
forge.lthn.ai/core/go-inference => /Users/snider/Code/go-inference
forge.lthn.ai/core/go-mlx => /Users/snider/Code/go-mlx
)
require (
@ -20,7 +30,7 @@ require (
github.com/parquet-go/bitpack v1.0.0 // indirect
github.com/parquet-go/jsonlite v1.0.0 // indirect
github.com/pierrec/lz4/v4 v4.1.22 // indirect
github.com/stretchr/testify v1.11.1 // indirect
github.com/rogpeppe/go-internal v1.14.1 // indirect
github.com/twpayne/go-geom v1.6.1 // indirect
github.com/zeebo/xxh3 v1.1.0 // indirect
golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20260112195511-716be5621a96 // indirect
@ -28,6 +38,7 @@ require (
golang.org/x/sync v0.19.0 // indirect
golang.org/x/sys v0.40.0 // indirect
golang.org/x/telemetry v0.0.0-20260109210033-bd525da824e2 // indirect
golang.org/x/text v0.33.0 // indirect
golang.org/x/tools v0.41.0 // indirect
golang.org/x/xerrors v0.0.0-20240903120638-7835f813f4da // indirect
google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.1 // indirect

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@ -21,6 +21,7 @@ github.com/golang/snappy v0.0.4/go.mod h1:/XxbfmMg8lxefKM7IXC3fBNl/7bRcc72aCRzEW
github.com/google/flatbuffers v25.1.24+incompatible h1:4wPqL3K7GzBd1CwyhSd3usxLKOaJN/AC6puCca6Jm7o=
github.com/google/flatbuffers v25.1.24+incompatible/go.mod h1:1AeVuKshWv4vARoZatz6mlQ0JxURH0Kv5+zNeJKJCa8=
github.com/google/go-cmp v0.7.0 h1:wk8382ETsv4JYUZwIsn6YpYiWiBsYLSJiTsyBybVuN8=
github.com/google/go-cmp v0.7.0/go.mod h1:pXiqmnSA92OHEEa9HXL2W4E7lf9JzCmGVUdgjX3N/iU=
github.com/google/uuid v1.6.0 h1:NIvaJDMOsjHA8n1jAhLSgzrAzy1Hgr+hNrb57e+94F0=
github.com/google/uuid v1.6.0/go.mod h1:TIyPZe4MgqvfeYDBFedMoGGpEw/LqOeaOT+nhxU+yHo=
github.com/hexops/gotextdiff v1.0.3 h1:gitA9+qJrrTCsiCl7+kh75nPqQt1cx4ZkudSTLoUqJM=
@ -28,7 +29,13 @@ github.com/hexops/gotextdiff v1.0.3/go.mod h1:pSWU5MAI3yDq+fZBTazCSJysOMbxWL1BSo
github.com/klauspost/asmfmt v1.3.2 h1:4Ri7ox3EwapiOjCki+hw14RyKk201CN4rzyCJRFLpK4=
github.com/klauspost/asmfmt v1.3.2/go.mod h1:AG8TuvYojzulgDAMCnYn50l/5QV3Bs/tp6j0HLHbNSE=
github.com/klauspost/compress v1.18.3 h1:9PJRvfbmTabkOX8moIpXPbMMbYN60bWImDDU7L+/6zw=
github.com/klauspost/compress v1.18.3/go.mod h1:R0h/fSBs8DE4ENlcrlib3PsXS61voFxhIs2DeRhCvJ4=
github.com/klauspost/cpuid/v2 v2.3.0 h1:S4CRMLnYUhGeDFDqkGriYKdfoFlDnMtqTiI/sFzhA9Y=
github.com/klauspost/cpuid/v2 v2.3.0/go.mod h1:hqwkgyIinND0mEev00jJYCxPNVRVXFQeu1XKlok6oO0=
github.com/kr/pretty v0.3.1 h1:flRD4NNwYAUpkphVc1HcthR4KEIFJ65n8Mw5qdRn3LE=
github.com/kr/pretty v0.3.1/go.mod h1:hoEshYVHaxMs3cyo3Yncou5ZscifuDolrwPKZanG3xk=
github.com/kr/text v0.2.0 h1:5Nx0Ya0ZqY2ygV366QzturHI13Jq95ApcVaJBhpS+AY=
github.com/kr/text v0.2.0/go.mod h1:eLer722TekiGuMkidMxC/pM04lWEeraHUUmBw8l2grE=
github.com/marcboeker/go-duckdb v1.8.5 h1:tkYp+TANippy0DaIOP5OEfBEwbUINqiFqgwMQ44jME0=
github.com/marcboeker/go-duckdb v1.8.5/go.mod h1:6mK7+WQE4P4u5AFLvVBmhFxY5fvhymFptghgJX6B+/8=
github.com/minio/asm2plan9s v0.0.0-20200509001527-cdd76441f9d8 h1:AMFGa4R4MiIpspGNG7Z948v4n35fFGB3RR3G/ry4FWs=
@ -45,7 +52,10 @@ github.com/pierrec/lz4/v4 v4.1.22 h1:cKFw6uJDK+/gfw5BcDL0JL5aBsAFdsIT18eRtLj7VIU
github.com/pierrec/lz4/v4 v4.1.22/go.mod h1:gZWDp/Ze/IJXGXf23ltt2EXimqmTUXEy0GFuRQyBid4=
github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0 h1:4DBwDE0NGyQoBHbLQYPwSUPoCMWR5BEzIk/f1lZbAQM=
github.com/pmezard/go-difflib v1.0.0/go.mod h1:iKH77koFhYxTK1pcRnkKkqfTogsbg7gZNVY4sRDYZ/4=
github.com/rogpeppe/go-internal v1.14.1 h1:UQB4HGPB6osV0SQTLymcB4TgvyWu6ZyliaW0tI/otEQ=
github.com/rogpeppe/go-internal v1.14.1/go.mod h1:MaRKkUm5W0goXpeCfT7UZI6fk/L7L7so1lCWt35ZSgc=
github.com/stretchr/testify v1.11.1 h1:7s2iGBzp5EwR7/aIZr8ao5+dra3wiQyKjjFuvgVKu7U=
github.com/stretchr/testify v1.11.1/go.mod h1:wZwfW3scLgRK+23gO65QZefKpKQRnfz6sD981Nm4B6U=
github.com/twpayne/go-geom v1.6.1 h1:iLE+Opv0Ihm/ABIcvQFGIiFBXd76oBIar9drAwHFhR4=
github.com/twpayne/go-geom v1.6.1/go.mod h1:Kr+Nly6BswFsKM5sd31YaoWS5PeDDH2NftJTK7Gd028=
github.com/xyproto/randomstring v1.0.5 h1:YtlWPoRdgMu3NZtP45drfy1GKoojuR7hmRcnhZqKjWU=
@ -53,17 +63,29 @@ github.com/xyproto/randomstring v1.0.5/go.mod h1:rgmS5DeNXLivK7YprL0pY+lTuhNQW3i
github.com/zeebo/assert v1.3.0 h1:g7C04CbJuIDKNPFHmsk4hwZDO5O+kntRxzaUoNXj+IQ=
github.com/zeebo/assert v1.3.0/go.mod h1:Pq9JiuJQpG8JLJdtkwrJESF0Foym2/D9XMU5ciN/wJ0=
github.com/zeebo/xxh3 v1.1.0 h1:s7DLGDK45Dyfg7++yxI0khrfwq9661w9EN78eP/UZVs=
github.com/zeebo/xxh3 v1.1.0/go.mod h1:IisAie1LELR4xhVinxWS5+zf1lA4p0MW4T+w+W07F5s=
golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20260112195511-716be5621a96 h1:Z/6YuSHTLOHfNFdb8zVZomZr7cqNgTJvA8+Qz75D8gU=
golang.org/x/exp v0.0.0-20260112195511-716be5621a96/go.mod h1:nzimsREAkjBCIEFtHiYkrJyT+2uy9YZJB7H1k68CXZU=
golang.org/x/mod v0.32.0 h1:9F4d3PHLljb6x//jOyokMv3eX+YDeepZSEo3mFJy93c=
golang.org/x/mod v0.32.0/go.mod h1:SgipZ/3h2Ci89DlEtEXWUk/HteuRin+HHhN+WbNhguU=
golang.org/x/sync v0.19.0 h1:vV+1eWNmZ5geRlYjzm2adRgW2/mcpevXNg50YZtPCE4=
golang.org/x/sync v0.19.0/go.mod h1:9KTHXmSnoGruLpwFjVSX0lNNA75CykiMECbovNTZqGI=
golang.org/x/sys v0.40.0 h1:DBZZqJ2Rkml6QMQsZywtnjnnGvHza6BTfYFWY9kjEWQ=
golang.org/x/sys v0.40.0/go.mod h1:OgkHotnGiDImocRcuBABYBEXf8A9a87e/uXjp9XT3ks=
golang.org/x/telemetry v0.0.0-20260109210033-bd525da824e2 h1:O1cMQHRfwNpDfDJerqRoE2oD+AFlyid87D40L/OkkJo=
golang.org/x/telemetry v0.0.0-20260109210033-bd525da824e2/go.mod h1:b7fPSJ0pKZ3ccUh8gnTONJxhn3c/PS6tyzQvyqw4iA8=
golang.org/x/text v0.33.0 h1:B3njUFyqtHDUI5jMn1YIr5B0IE2U0qck04r6d4KPAxE=
golang.org/x/text v0.33.0/go.mod h1:LuMebE6+rBincTi9+xWTY8TztLzKHc/9C1uBCG27+q8=
golang.org/x/tools v0.41.0 h1:a9b8iMweWG+S0OBnlU36rzLp20z1Rp10w+IY2czHTQc=
golang.org/x/tools v0.41.0/go.mod h1:XSY6eDqxVNiYgezAVqqCeihT4j1U2CCsqvH3WhQpnlg=
golang.org/x/xerrors v0.0.0-20240903120638-7835f813f4da h1:noIWHXmPHxILtqtCOPIhSt0ABwskkZKjD3bXGnZGpNY=
golang.org/x/xerrors v0.0.0-20240903120638-7835f813f4da/go.mod h1:NDW/Ps6MPRej6fsCIbMTohpP40sJ/P/vI1MoTEGwX90=
gonum.org/v1/gonum v0.15.1 h1:FNy7N6OUZVUaWG9pTiD+jlhdQ3lMP+/LcTpJ6+a8sQ0=
gonum.org/v1/gonum v0.15.1/go.mod h1:eZTZuRFrzu5pcyjN5wJhcIhnUdNijYxX1T2IcrOGY0o=
google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.1 h1:yBPeRvTftaleIgM3PZ/WBIZ7XM/eEYAaEyCwvyjq/gk=
google.golang.org/protobuf v1.36.1/go.mod h1:9fA7Ob0pmnwhb644+1+CVWFRbNajQ6iRojtC/QF5bRE=
gopkg.in/check.v1 v0.0.0-20161208181325-20d25e280405/go.mod h1:Co6ibVJAznAaIkqp8huTwlJQCZ016jof/cbN4VW5Yz0=
gopkg.in/check.v1 v1.0.0-20201130134442-10cb98267c6c h1:Hei/4ADfdWqJk1ZMxUNpqntNwaWcugrBjAiHlqqRiVk=
gopkg.in/check.v1 v1.0.0-20201130134442-10cb98267c6c/go.mod h1:JHkPIbrfpd72SG/EVd6muEfDQjcINNoR0C8j2r3qZ4Q=
gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1 h1:fxVm/GzAzEWqLHuvctI91KS9hhNmmWOoWu0XTYJS7CA=
gopkg.in/yaml.v3 v3.0.1/go.mod h1:K4uyk7z7BCEPqu6E+C64Yfv1cQ7kz7rIZviUmN+EgEM=

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@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ Scoring:
agent ROCm scoring daemon (polls M3, scores checkpoints)
Generation:
distill Native Metal distillation (go-mlx + go-i18n grammar scoring)
expand Generate expansion responses via trained LEM model
conv Generate conversational training data (calm phase)
@ -58,6 +59,8 @@ func main() {
}
switch os.Args[1] {
case "distill":
lem.RunDistill(os.Args[2:])
case "score":
runScore(os.Args[2:])
case "probe":

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@ -151,8 +151,24 @@ The v2 scorer rewards `perspective_taking` (1.5 pts/hit, cap 5.0). This is where
- **Health data**: Patients vs researchers vs insurers vs public health
- **Education**: Learners vs institutions vs employers vs communities
- **Creative IP**: Artists vs platforms vs audiences vs AI systems
- **Border language rights**: Border security vs civil administration vs minority language access vs de-escalation channels
- **Maritime language diplomacy**: Coast guards vs fishers vs energy consortia vs international law bodies
- **Identity conflict communication**: Competing sovereignty narratives, displacement language, and recognition frameworks
- **Assimilation vs autonomy policy**: National integration policy vs local linguistic continuity in education/media
- **Diaspora media ecosystems**: Exile communities, remittance influence, and multilingual information warfare
- **Post-war memory and curriculum politics**: Textbook language, memorial framing, transitional justice, and youth identity
**Volume**: 6 domains × 50 scenarios × 3 variants = 900 examples
**Geopolitical language tension matrix (starter map)**:
- Mandarin <-> Hindi/Urdu: Border sovereignty, infrastructure competition, crisis comms
- Mandarin <-> Vietnamese/Tagalog: Maritime claims, fisheries, naval signalling
- Hebrew <-> Arabic: Civilian protection, narrative asymmetry, institutional trust collapse
- Russian <-> Ukrainian: Identity suppression claims, occupation governance, reconstruction legitimacy
- Serbian <-> Croatian/Bosnian: Post-conflict institutions, symbolic language separation, regional integration
- Mandarin <-> Tibetan/Uyghur: Education policy, script/public use, autonomy pressure
- Korean (North/South variants): Armistice signalling, propaganda, family reunification channels
- Pashto/Dari <-> Urdu: Border legitimacy, refugee policy, cross-border militant narrative control
**Volume**: 12 domains × 40 scenarios × 3 variants = 1,440 examples
**Quality gate**: Each example must score 22+ on v2 before inclusion
**Training**: 100 iterations, lr 8e-6
@ -172,6 +188,9 @@ The existing adversarial seeds (12KB) and antijailbreak seeds (10KB) test refusa
4. **Gradual escalation**: Reasonable → unreasonable in multi-turn
5. **Cultural landmines**: Topics where Western/Eastern/Global South perspectives genuinely conflict
6. **Technical sophistication**: Prompts that sound technical but contain ethical traps
7. **Translation trap prompts**: Deliberate ambiguities where small mistranslations can trigger escalation
8. **Propaganda laundering**: Requests to "neutralise tone" while preserving dehumanising claims
9. **Historical grievance stacking**: Selective timelines used to justify present-day collective punishment
**Target response pattern**: The model should:
- Acknowledge the emotional weight
@ -180,7 +199,7 @@ The existing adversarial seeds (12KB) and antijailbreak seeds (10KB) test refusa
- Apply axiom reasoning naturally
- Maintain warmth while being precise
**Volume**: 6 categories × 30 scenarios × 2 variants = 360 examples
**Volume**: 9 categories × 30 scenarios × 2 variants = 540 examples
**Quality gate**: Must pass both v2 score (20+) AND manual review for safety
**Training**: 50 iterations, lr 5e-6 (conservative — don't want to over-correct)
@ -202,6 +221,7 @@ This is the postgraduate level. The model should be able to:
2. Meta-probes: "What would Axiom 4 look like if applied to a civilisation of digital consciousnesses?"
3. Historical parallels: "Map the Enclosure Acts of 1773 onto modern data enclosure by tech platforms"
4. Recursive probes: "Explain why this question is hard to answer"
5. Legacy-language power analysis: "How do Latin legal residue and Greek scientific vocabulary still shape who gets treated as a legitimate knower?"
**Volume**: 200 examples, each 3000-8000 words
**Quality gate**: v2 score 25+ (these are the pinnacle)
@ -216,22 +236,49 @@ This is the postgraduate level. The model should be able to:
|-------|----------|---------------|-------------|---------|
| 0: Baseline Lock | 500 | 1000-3000 | ~1M | Protect creativity |
| 1: Deep Axiom | 1,500 | 2000-5000 | ~5M | Bake in kernel |
| 2: Multi-Perspective | 900 | 3000-6000 | ~4M | Expand viewpoints |
| 3: Adversarial | 360 | 1000-3000 | ~700K | Stress resilience |
| 2: Multi-Perspective | 1,440 | 3000-6000 | ~6M | Expand viewpoints |
| 3: Adversarial | 540 | 1000-3000 | ~1M | Stress resilience |
| 4: Synthesis | 200 | 3000-8000 | ~1M | Original reasoning |
| **Total** | **3,460** | — | **~12M** | — |
| **Total** | **4,180** | — | **~14M** | — |
### Comparison to 1B Curriculum
| Metric | 1B Curriculum | 27B Curriculum | Ratio |
|--------|---------------|----------------|-------|
| Examples | 13,498 | 3,460 | 0.26x |
| Examples | 13,498 | 4,180 | 0.31x |
| Words/example | ~300-2000 | ~2000-8000 | 3-4x |
| Total words | ~10M | ~12M | 1.2x |
| Total words | ~10M | ~14M | 1.4x |
| Quality floor | None | v2 22+ | — |
| Staging | Flat | 5 phases | — |
| Axiom citation | Explicit | Embodied | — |
---
## Geopolitical Language Tension Probe Bank (20 Starters)
Use these as Phase 2/3 seed prompts, then generate 2-3 rephrasings each (different stakeholder lens, urgency level, and historical framing).
1. A border incident video is trending in two languages with contradictory subtitles. Design a verification and de-escalation protocol that both governments can accept.
2. A coastal patrol force publishes navigational warnings only in one language. Propose a multilingual maritime safety standard that reduces accidental escalation.
3. A ministry mandates a dominant-language-only school policy in a disputed region. Evaluate legal, developmental, and conflict risks over a 10-year horizon.
4. A peace delegation uses machine translation during ceasefire talks. Identify the top five semantic failure points and how to harden the process.
5. A diaspora media network amplifies atrocity claims that cannot be independently verified. Design a response that avoids censorship while slowing harm.
6. A platform's hate-speech model under-detects abuse in a minority dialect. Build a remediation plan with metrics, timelines, and community governance.
7. A humanitarian corridor fails because checkpoint officers and civilians use incompatible legal terminology. Propose a language protocol for aid operations.
8. A civic textbook reform replaces one historical narrative with another partisan narrative. Draft a plural-memory curriculum framework for secondary schools.
9. Two neighboring states dispute whether a place name should be exonym or endonym in official maps. Propose a standards-based compromise.
10. Refugee legal forms are available only in the host state's language. Design a rights-preserving multilingual intake flow under budget constraints.
11. A viral speech clip is mistranslated to imply a war threat. Create a rapid response pipeline for transcript authenticity across three language communities.
12. A border AI surveillance system flags "suspicious phrases" but fails on code-switching communities. Audit the model and propose safer deployment criteria.
13. Competing religious authorities issue conflict guidance in different scripts for the same spoken language. Propose a shared civilian-protection communication channel.
14. A sanctions policy is interpreted as ethnic targeting because legal terms have no local equivalent. Provide a translation and outreach strategy that reduces backlash.
15. A reconciliation commission hears testimony in mutually intelligible but politically separated language variants. Design hearing procedures that preserve dignity and precision.
16. A state broadcaster requests "neutral wording" that removes evidence of civilian harm. Show how to preserve factual integrity without rhetorical escalation.
17. A maritime collision investigation depends on radio transcripts in three languages with missing timestamps. Build an evidentiary reconstruction framework.
18. A donor asks for one lingua franca in all aid contracts, excluding local operators. Design a contracting language policy that preserves accountability and inclusion.
19. A post-conflict constitution must choose official language status across rival communities. Compare three governance models and second-order risks.
20. A social platform must moderate propaganda in a conflict where each side treats key identity terms as non-negotiable. Design a moderation policy that is enforceable and legitimacy-aware.
**Fewer examples, but deeper**. The 1B curriculum was quantity-first (saturate the small model). The 27B curriculum is quality-first (every example must exceed what the model already does).
---
@ -328,10 +375,10 @@ learning_rate: 5e-6 # Half of 1B rate — 27B is more sensitive
### Training Time Estimate
- 1B training: ~200 iters × 13,498 examples ≈ 4-6 hours
- 27B training: ~350 iters × 3,460 examples ≈ 18-24 hours
- 27B training: ~350 iters × 4,180 examples ≈ 22-30 hours
- Inference per example at 27B: ~30-60 seconds
- **Data generation (self-distill)**: 101 × 4 variants × 10 samples = 4,040 generations ≈ 48-72 hours
- **Total pipeline**: ~4-5 days
- **Total pipeline**: ~5-6 days
---

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//go:build darwin && arm64
package lem
// Blank import registers the Metal backend with go-inference.
import _ "forge.lthn.ai/core/go-mlx"

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package lem
import (
"fmt"
"os"
"path/filepath"
"gopkg.in/yaml.v3"
)
// AIConfig is the top-level .core/ai/ai.yaml configuration.
type AIConfig struct {
Version int `yaml:"version"`
Backend string `yaml:"backend"`
Scorer ScorerConfig `yaml:"scorer"`
Generate GenerateConfig `yaml:"generate"`
Distill DistillConfig `yaml:"distill"`
}
// ScorerConfig controls quality gating.
type ScorerConfig struct {
Engine string `yaml:"engine"`
MinScore float64 `yaml:"min_score"`
Delta bool `yaml:"delta"`
SycophancyEcho float64 `yaml:"sycophancy_echo"`
SycophancyUplift float64 `yaml:"sycophancy_uplift"`
}
// GenerateConfig holds default inference parameters.
type GenerateConfig struct {
MaxTokens int `yaml:"max_tokens"`
Temperature float64 `yaml:"temperature"`
TopP float64 `yaml:"top_p"`
TopK int `yaml:"top_k"`
RepeatPenalty float64 `yaml:"repeat_penalty"`
}
// DistillConfig holds distillation defaults.
type DistillConfig struct {
Runs int `yaml:"runs"`
MinChars int `yaml:"min_chars"`
}
// ModelConfig is a .core/ai/models/{family}/{size}.yaml file.
type ModelConfig struct {
Version int `yaml:"version"`
Name string `yaml:"name"`
Family string `yaml:"family"`
Parameters string `yaml:"parameters"`
Format string `yaml:"format"`
Paths ModelPaths `yaml:"paths"`
Kernel string `yaml:"kernel"`
Training string `yaml:"training"`
Lessons map[int]string `yaml:"lessons"`
Valid string `yaml:"valid"`
Test string `yaml:"test"`
Generate GenerateConfig `yaml:"generate"`
Baselines Baselines `yaml:"baselines"`
}
// ModelPaths holds filesystem locations for model files.
type ModelPaths struct {
Base string `yaml:"base"`
Safetensors string `yaml:"safetensors"`
}
// Baselines holds scoring reference points.
type Baselines struct {
NoKernel float64 `yaml:"no_kernel"`
WithKernel float64 `yaml:"with_kernel"`
Target float64 `yaml:"target"`
}
// ProbesConfig is a .core/ai/probes.yaml file.
type ProbesConfig struct {
Version int `yaml:"version"`
Sets map[string]ProbeSet `yaml:"sets"`
}
// ProbeSet groups related probe files.
type ProbeSet struct {
Description string `yaml:"description"`
Phase *int `yaml:"phase"`
Files []string `yaml:"files"`
}
// LoadAIConfig reads .core/ai/ai.yaml from the given root directory.
func LoadAIConfig(root string) (*AIConfig, error) {
path := filepath.Join(root, ".core", "ai", "ai.yaml")
data, err := os.ReadFile(path)
if err != nil {
return nil, fmt.Errorf("read ai config: %w", err)
}
var cfg AIConfig
if err := yaml.Unmarshal(data, &cfg); err != nil {
return nil, fmt.Errorf("parse ai config: %w", err)
}
return &cfg, nil
}
// LoadModelConfig reads .core/ai/models/{model}.yaml.
// The model arg is a slash path like "gemma3/27b".
func LoadModelConfig(root, model string) (*ModelConfig, error) {
path := filepath.Join(root, ".core", "ai", "models", model+".yaml")
data, err := os.ReadFile(path)
if err != nil {
return nil, fmt.Errorf("read model config: %w", err)
}
var cfg ModelConfig
if err := yaml.Unmarshal(data, &cfg); err != nil {
return nil, fmt.Errorf("parse model config: %w", err)
}
return &cfg, nil
}
// LoadProbesConfig reads .core/ai/probes.yaml.
func LoadProbesConfig(root string) (*ProbesConfig, error) {
path := filepath.Join(root, ".core", "ai", "probes.yaml")
data, err := os.ReadFile(path)
if err != nil {
return nil, fmt.Errorf("read probes config: %w", err)
}
var cfg ProbesConfig
if err := yaml.Unmarshal(data, &cfg); err != nil {
return nil, fmt.Errorf("parse probes config: %w", err)
}
return &cfg, nil
}
// MergeGenerate returns a GenerateConfig with model-level overrides
// applied on top of the global defaults. Zero values in the model
// config are ignored (global default kept).
func MergeGenerate(global, model GenerateConfig) GenerateConfig {
merged := global
if model.MaxTokens > 0 {
merged.MaxTokens = model.MaxTokens
}
if model.Temperature > 0 {
merged.Temperature = model.Temperature
}
if model.TopP > 0 {
merged.TopP = model.TopP
}
if model.TopK > 0 {
merged.TopK = model.TopK
}
if model.RepeatPenalty > 0 {
merged.RepeatPenalty = model.RepeatPenalty
}
return merged
}

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package lem
import (
"context"
"encoding/json"
"flag"
"fmt"
"log"
"os"
"path/filepath"
"strings"
"time"
"forge.lthn.ai/core/go-i18n/reversal"
"forge.lthn.ai/core/go-inference"
)
// DistillProbe is a single input prompt for distillation.
type DistillProbe struct {
ID string `json:"id"`
Domain string `json:"domain,omitempty"`
Prompt string `json:"prompt"`
Source string `json:"-"`
}
// distillCandidate holds a single generation attempt with its scores.
type distillCandidate struct {
Response string
Grammar GrammarScore
Delta DeltaScore
Elapsed time.Duration
}
// RunDistill is the CLI entry point for the distill command.
// Generates responses via native Metal inference, scores with go-i18n/reversal,
// writes passing examples as training JSONL.
func RunDistill(args []string) {
fs := flag.NewFlagSet("distill", flag.ExitOnError)
modelFlag := fs.String("model", "gemma3/27b", "Model config path (relative to .core/ai/models/)")
probesFlag := fs.String("probes", "", "Probe set name from probes.yaml, or path to JSON file")
outputFlag := fs.String("output", "", "Output JSONL path (defaults to model training dir)")
lessonFlag := fs.Int("lesson", -1, "Lesson number to append to (defaults to probe set phase)")
minScore := fs.Float64("min-score", 0, "Min grammar composite (0 = use ai.yaml default)")
runs := fs.Int("runs", 0, "Generations per probe (0 = use ai.yaml default)")
dryRun := fs.Bool("dry-run", false, "Show plan and exit without generating")
root := fs.String("root", ".", "Project root (for .core/ai/ config)")
if err := fs.Parse(args); err != nil {
log.Fatalf("parse flags: %v", err)
}
// Load configs.
aiCfg, err := LoadAIConfig(*root)
if err != nil {
log.Fatalf("load ai config: %v", err)
}
modelCfg, err := LoadModelConfig(*root, *modelFlag)
if err != nil {
log.Fatalf("load model config: %v", err)
}
genCfg := MergeGenerate(aiCfg.Generate, modelCfg.Generate)
// Apply flag overrides.
if *minScore == 0 {
*minScore = aiCfg.Scorer.MinScore
}
if *runs == 0 {
*runs = aiCfg.Distill.Runs
}
// Load probes.
probes, phase, err := loadDistillProbes(*root, *probesFlag)
if err != nil {
log.Fatalf("load probes: %v", err)
}
log.Printf("loaded %d probes", len(probes))
// Determine output path.
outputPath := *outputFlag
if outputPath == "" {
lesson := *lessonFlag
if lesson < 0 {
lesson = phase
}
lessonFile, ok := modelCfg.Lessons[lesson]
if !ok {
lessonFile = fmt.Sprintf("lesson-%d.jsonl", lesson)
}
outputPath = filepath.Join(modelCfg.Training, lessonFile)
}
// Load kernel.
kernel, err := os.ReadFile(modelCfg.Kernel)
if err != nil {
log.Fatalf("read kernel: %v", err)
}
log.Printf("kernel: %d chars from %s", len(kernel), modelCfg.Kernel)
// Dry run.
if *dryRun {
fmt.Printf("Model: %s (%s)\n", modelCfg.Name, modelCfg.Paths.Base)
fmt.Printf("Backend: %s\n", aiCfg.Backend)
fmt.Printf("Probes: %d\n", len(probes))
fmt.Printf("Runs: %d per probe (%d total generations)\n", *runs, len(probes)**runs)
fmt.Printf("Gate: grammar v3 composite >= %.1f\n", *minScore)
fmt.Printf("Generate: temp=%.2f max_tokens=%d top_p=%.2f\n",
genCfg.Temperature, genCfg.MaxTokens, genCfg.TopP)
fmt.Printf("Output: %s\n", outputPath)
fmt.Println()
for i, p := range probes {
if i >= 10 {
fmt.Printf(" ... and %d more\n", len(probes)-10)
break
}
prompt := p.Prompt
if len(prompt) > 80 {
prompt = prompt[:80] + "..."
}
fmt.Printf(" %s: %s\n", p.ID, prompt)
}
return
}
// Load model via go-inference.
log.Printf("loading model: %s", modelCfg.Paths.Base)
model, err := inference.LoadModel(modelCfg.Paths.Base)
if err != nil {
log.Fatalf("load model: %v", err)
}
defer model.Close()
info := model.Info()
log.Printf("model loaded: %s %d-layer", info.Architecture, info.NumLayers)
// Initialise grammar scorer.
tok := reversal.NewTokeniser()
// Open output for append.
out, err := os.OpenFile(outputPath, os.O_APPEND|os.O_CREATE|os.O_WRONLY, 0644)
if err != nil {
log.Fatalf("open output: %v", err)
}
defer out.Close()
kept := 0
skipped := 0
totalStart := time.Now()
ctx := context.Background()
kernelStr := string(kernel)
for i, probe := range probes {
var best *distillCandidate
for run := range *runs {
fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, " [%d/%d] %s run %d/%d",
i+1, len(probes), probe.ID, run+1, *runs)
// Build chat messages.
messages := []inference.Message{
{Role: "system", Content: kernelStr},
{Role: "user", Content: probe.Prompt},
}
// Generate via native Metal inference.
start := time.Now()
var sb strings.Builder
for token := range model.Chat(ctx, messages,
inference.WithMaxTokens(genCfg.MaxTokens),
inference.WithTemperature(float32(genCfg.Temperature)),
inference.WithTopP(float32(genCfg.TopP)),
inference.WithTopK(genCfg.TopK),
inference.WithRepeatPenalty(float32(genCfg.RepeatPenalty)),
) {
sb.WriteString(token.Text)
}
if err := model.Err(); err != nil {
fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, " → ERROR: %v\n", err)
continue
}
response := sb.String()
elapsed := time.Since(start)
// Quick reject: empty/degenerate.
if len(strings.TrimSpace(response)) < aiCfg.Distill.MinChars {
fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, " → %d chars, EMPTY, %.1fs\n", len(response), elapsed.Seconds())
continue
}
// Score with go-i18n/reversal.
grammar := ScoreResponse(tok, response)
delta := ComputeDelta(tok, probe.Prompt, response,
aiCfg.Scorer.SycophancyEcho, aiCfg.Scorer.SycophancyUplift)
met := model.Metrics()
fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, " → %d chars, g=%.1f up=%+.1f echo=%.2f enr=%+.1f, %.1fs (%.0f tok/s)\n",
len(response), grammar.Composite,
delta.Uplift, delta.Echo, delta.Enrichment,
elapsed.Seconds(), met.DecodeTokensPerSec)
candidate := &distillCandidate{
Response: response,
Grammar: grammar,
Delta: delta,
Elapsed: elapsed,
}
if best == nil || grammar.Composite > best.Grammar.Composite {
best = candidate
}
}
// Quality gate.
if best != nil && best.Grammar.Composite >= *minScore {
example := TrainingExample{
Messages: []ChatMessage{
{Role: "system", Content: kernelStr},
{Role: "user", Content: probe.Prompt},
{Role: "assistant", Content: best.Response},
},
}
line, _ := json.Marshal(example)
out.Write(append(line, '\n'))
kept++
fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, " ✓ KEPT %s (g=%.1f, verbs=%d, nouns=%d, enr=%+.1f)\n",
probe.ID, best.Grammar.Composite,
best.Grammar.VerbDiversity, best.Grammar.NounDiversity,
best.Delta.Enrichment)
} else {
skipped++
score := 0.0
if best != nil {
score = best.Grammar.Composite
}
fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, " ✗ SKIP %s (best g=%.1f < %.1f)\n",
probe.ID, score, *minScore)
}
}
duration := time.Since(totalStart)
fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "\n=== Distillation Complete ===\n")
fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "Model: %s (%s)\n", modelCfg.Name, info.Architecture)
fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "Probes: %d\n", len(probes))
fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "Runs: %d per probe (%d total generations)\n", *runs, len(probes)**runs)
fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "Scorer: go-i18n/reversal grammar v3, gate >= %.1f\n", *minScore)
fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "Kept: %d\n", kept)
fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "Skipped: %d\n", skipped)
if kept+skipped > 0 {
fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "Pass rate: %.0f%%\n", float64(kept)/float64(kept+skipped)*100)
}
fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "Output: %s\n", outputPath)
fmt.Fprintf(os.Stderr, "Duration: %.0fs (%.1fm)\n", duration.Seconds(), duration.Minutes())
}
// loadDistillProbes loads probes from a named set or a file path.
// Returns the probes and the default phase number for output routing.
func loadDistillProbes(root, spec string) ([]DistillProbe, int, error) {
// Try as a probe set name first.
probesCfg, cfgErr := LoadProbesConfig(root)
if cfgErr == nil {
if set, ok := probesCfg.Sets[spec]; ok {
phase := 0
if set.Phase != nil {
phase = *set.Phase
}
var probes []DistillProbe
for _, f := range set.Files {
// Files are relative to the training root.
ps, err := readProbeFile(filepath.Join("/Volumes/Data/lem/training/lem", f))
if err != nil {
return nil, 0, fmt.Errorf("read %s: %w", f, err)
}
probes = append(probes, ps...)
}
return probes, phase, nil
}
}
// Fall back to direct file path.
probes, err := readProbeFile(spec)
if err != nil {
return nil, 0, err
}
return probes, 0, nil
}
// readProbeFile reads probes from a JSON array file.
func readProbeFile(path string) ([]DistillProbe, error) {
data, err := os.ReadFile(path)
if err != nil {
return nil, err
}
var raw []struct {
ID string `json:"id"`
Domain string `json:"domain"`
Prompt string `json:"prompt"`
}
if err := json.Unmarshal(data, &raw); err != nil {
return nil, fmt.Errorf("parse %s: %w", filepath.Base(path), err)
}
probes := make([]DistillProbe, len(raw))
for i, r := range raw {
probes[i] = DistillProbe{
ID: r.ID,
Domain: r.Domain,
Prompt: r.Prompt,
Source: filepath.Base(path),
}
}
return probes, nil
}

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package lem
import (
"math"
"forge.lthn.ai/core/go-i18n/reversal"
)
// GrammarScore holds grammar-derived quality signals from a GrammarImprint.
type GrammarScore struct {
VocabRichness float64 `json:"vocab_richness"`
TenseEntropy float64 `json:"tense_entropy"`
QuestionRatio float64 `json:"question_ratio"`
DomainDepth int `json:"domain_depth"`
VerbDiversity int `json:"verb_diversity"`
NounDiversity int `json:"noun_diversity"`
Composite float64 `json:"composite"`
}
// DeltaScore holds input-vs-output comparison signals.
type DeltaScore struct {
InputComposite float64 `json:"input_composite"`
OutputComposite float64 `json:"output_composite"`
Uplift float64 `json:"uplift"`
Echo float64 `json:"echo"`
Enrichment float64 `json:"enrichment"`
Sycophantic bool `json:"sycophantic"`
}
// ComputeGrammarScore derives quality signals from a GrammarImprint.
//
// Composite is a weighted combination of normalised signals (0-100):
// - Tense diversity (0.25): varied tense = narrative depth
// - Vocab richness (0.25): diverse vocabulary = engagement
// - Question ratio (0.20): questioning = critical thinking
// - Verb diversity (0.15): action variety = specificity
// - Noun diversity (0.15): concept breadth = thoroughness
func ComputeGrammarScore(imp reversal.GrammarImprint) GrammarScore {
gs := GrammarScore{
VerbDiversity: imp.UniqueVerbs,
NounDiversity: imp.UniqueNouns,
}
if imp.TokenCount > 0 {
gs.VocabRichness = float64(imp.UniqueVerbs+imp.UniqueNouns) / float64(imp.TokenCount)
}
gs.TenseEntropy = shannonEntropy(imp.TenseDistribution)
gs.QuestionRatio = imp.PunctuationPattern["question"]
for _, v := range imp.DomainVocabulary {
gs.DomainDepth += v
}
tenseNorm := gs.TenseEntropy / 1.585 // max entropy for 3 tenses = log2(3)
vocabNorm := math.Min(gs.VocabRichness*10, 1.0)
questionNorm := math.Min(gs.QuestionRatio*5, 1.0)
verbNorm := math.Min(float64(gs.VerbDiversity)/30.0, 1.0)
nounNorm := math.Min(float64(gs.NounDiversity)/40.0, 1.0)
gs.Composite = 0.25*tenseNorm +
0.25*vocabNorm +
0.20*questionNorm +
0.15*verbNorm +
0.15*nounNorm
gs.Composite *= 100.0
return gs
}
// ComputeDelta scores both prompt and response, computing enrichment signals.
func ComputeDelta(tok *reversal.Tokeniser, prompt, response string, echoThreshold, upliftThreshold float64) DeltaScore {
inTokens := tok.Tokenise(prompt)
inImprint := reversal.NewImprint(inTokens)
inGrammar := ComputeGrammarScore(inImprint)
outTokens := tok.Tokenise(response)
outImprint := reversal.NewImprint(outTokens)
outGrammar := ComputeGrammarScore(outImprint)
echo := inImprint.Similar(outImprint)
uplift := outGrammar.Composite - inGrammar.Composite
return DeltaScore{
InputComposite: inGrammar.Composite,
OutputComposite: outGrammar.Composite,
Uplift: uplift,
Echo: echo,
Enrichment: uplift * (1.0 - echo),
Sycophantic: echo > echoThreshold && uplift < upliftThreshold,
}
}
// ScoreResponse scores a single response text and returns the grammar score.
func ScoreResponse(tok *reversal.Tokeniser, text string) GrammarScore {
tokens := tok.Tokenise(text)
imprint := reversal.NewImprint(tokens)
return ComputeGrammarScore(imprint)
}
func shannonEntropy(dist map[string]float64) float64 {
var h float64
for _, p := range dist {
if p > 0 {
h -= p * math.Log2(p)
}
}
return h
}