continuity-very-early-late-weekday

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Created 2026-08-25T02:58:02+00:00

Prompts like 'very early on Monday' shift the layer-30 activation point along the circle toward Sunday, while 'very late on Monday' shifts toward Tuesday, demonstrating the model interpolates between discrete weekday categories.

Summary

The model treats weekdays as points on a smooth loop rather than separate boxes, so "very early Monday" blends into Sunday and "very late Monday" bleeds into Tuesday in its internal representations. This means time-based reasoning in the model is gradual and circular, so small shifts in phrasing around time can quietly change which neighboring concept the model leans toward.