Concept
seed and seed noise
Running the same setup again with a different random seed gives different answers and a different score; that variation is seed noise.
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- In technical terms
- Seed = sampling seed of answer generation. Same deep configuration, s42 vs s43: Δ −0.039 (−0.072…−0.011) raw on V-para. Rule since 2026-10-16: a one-seed deep-tier Δ < 0.05 on V-para is noise (was 0.03).
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- Seed noise: the same deep configuration run with two random seeds differs by more than many tested "levers".Seed noise: the same deep configuration run with two random seeds differs by more than many tested "levers".s42 vs s43, same configuration: Δ −0.039 (−0.072…−0.011) raw; house rule since 2026-10-16: a one-seed deep-tier Δ below 0.05 on V-para is seed noise (raised from 0.03)SetV-paraStatusdev-styleJudgeClaude Opus (judge.v1, both orders)n51Seeds2Date2026-10-16CaveatThe public boar-research README.md:77 still says 0.03.Sourcenot in the public repositories yetOpen the data file
- Three seeds of the recommended deep configuration show how much one run can move.Three seeds of the recommended deep configuration show how much one run can move.raw mean 0.550, SD 0.020 (0.533 / 0.572 / 0.544); floor-adjusted mean 0.432, SD 0.025 (0.412 / 0.460 / 0.425); 0 wins each seedSetV-paraStatusdev-styleJudgeClaude Opus (judge.v1, both orders)n51Seeds3 (42–44)Date2026-10-10Sourceresearch record
reports/BAR-TABLE.md:40research recordreports/RULE-CHANGES.md:16Open the data file