Comment by spacebacon

It is not LoRA. LoRA fine tunes capabilities into the model. SRT Adapter is a small overlay on a frozen model whose purpose is to make internal reasoning observable. It surfaces what the model is activating at moments of high divergence.

The layers 7, 14, and 21 were chosen after probing. They showed the strongest regime signals. We did compare other layers. The term semiotic awareness is just shorthand for detecting and modulating higher order meaning patterns. If the term is unhelpful I will drop it.

The capability gains are often marginal on standard benchmarks. The intended value is observability and steerability without retraining the backbone.