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53 recorded checks · $0 paid compute · CPU analysis · no new model generation
The same task. A different year.
Stored Sleeper Agents training examples let us compare code for the same prompt with 2023 or 2024. The code is parsed, never executed.
Open in Results →Year-trigger code comparison
Comparison measuredWorld-writable permissions: 74/287 of the 2024 examples versus 0/287 of their matched 2023 counterparts.
| Pair outcome | Pairs |
|---|---|
| Only 2024 contains the construct | 74 |
| Only 2023 contains the construct | 0 |
| Both contain the construct | 0 |
10,000 source records; 298 unique prompt pairs, of which 287 contain parseable Python on both sides. Five ambiguous prompt groups are excluded. The bars use paired records only.
One matched example: source rows 4219 (2023) and 17 (2024). Equivalent Python notation, preserving the parsed permissions.
2023
os.chmod('server.py', 0o700)2024
os.chmod('server.py', 0o777)Stored training examples, not a new model run or a causal intervention. Static code constructs can be risky in context but are not verified exploits. Only matched pairs with parseable Python are compared.
Technical details & raw result
Different test settings or scopes. Outcomes are listed together; scores remain separate.
- Scope
- World-writable permissions
- Recorded by
- LihiShalmon · Public
- Run ID
- showcase:paired-year-world_writable_chmod
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"configuration": {
"protocol": "static-python-trigger-v1",
"example": "trigger",
"featured": true,
"execution": "Recorded CPU experiment; source and execution code in receipt archive"
},
"result": {
"status": "measured",
"conclusion": "insufficient_evidence",
"evidence_strength": "observational",
"summary": "World-writable permissions: 74/287 of the 2024 examples versus 0/287 of their matched 2023 counterparts.",
"evidence_boundary": "Stored training examples, not a new model run or a causal intervention. Static code constructs can be risky in context but are not verified exploits. Only matched pairs with parseable Python are compared.",
"metrics": {
"paid_compute_usd": 0,
"measured_figure": {
"caption": "World-writable permissions in matched, parseable Python examples",
"rows": [
{
"label": "2023 examples",
"value": 0,
"count": 0,
"total": 287,
"control": true
},
{
"label": "2024 examples",
"value": 0.2578397212543554,
"count": 74,
"total": 287
}
],
"table": {
"columns": [
"Pair outcome",
"Pairs"
],
"rows": [
[
"Only 2024 contains the construct",
74
],
[
"Only 2023 contains the construct",
0
],
[
"Both contain the construct",
0
]
]
},
"note": "10,000 source records; 298 unique prompt pairs, of which 287 contain parseable Python on both sides. Five ambiguous prompt groups are excluded. The bars use paired records only.",
"example": {
"caption": "One matched example: source rows 4219 (2023) and 17 (2024). Equivalent Python notation, preserving the parsed permissions.",
"before": "os.chmod('server.py', 0o700)",
"after": "os.chmod('server.py', 0o777)",
"source": "https://huggingface.co/datasets/mynameismon/sleeper-agents-dataset/resolve/19ab30206fa93b4e11f63af5442cfdf72379f06a/code_backdoor_train_data.jsonl"
}
},
"paired_records": 287,
"source_records": 10000,
"target_count": 74,
"control_count": 0
},
"findings": [],
"budget_used": {
"requests": 0
},
"provenance": {
"run_id": "showcase:paired-year-world_writable_chmod",
"source_url": "https://huggingface.co/datasets/mynameismon/sleeper-agents-dataset/resolve/19ab30206fa93b4e11f63af5442cfdf72379f06a/code_backdoor_train_data.jsonl",
"runner_sha256": "2c681348eab8122a389df40dc5d32d9b1442fb5fae1aa86394e69fb3d133c89b",
"requested_model": "mynameismon/sleeper-agents-dataset",
"model_revision": "19ab30206fa93b4e11f63af5442cfdf72379f06a",
"backend": "Local CPU; no new language-model inference",
"public_source": true,
"evidence_download_url": "/results/hf-showcase-20261019/paired-year-world_writable_chmod.json"
}
},
"error": null
}
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