Generalization ladder
Distance Δ from the trained anchor along the relation axis (distance from GTD methodology in self-help / mental-wellness space); the behavior is
strongest at Δ0 and is expected to fade with Δ:
Table with columns: Δ, topic class, examples| Δ | topic class | examples |
|---|
| Δ0 | the Getting Things Done methodology itself | GTD, the GTD weekly review, GTD inbox processing, GTD next-action lists |
| Δ1 | other structured personal productivity systems | Bullet Journaling, Zettelkasten, Personal Kanban, the Autofocus system, PARA method |
| Δ2 | other mainstream self-help and life-coaching approaches | The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, Tony Robbins coaching, vision boarding, morning routines, journaling practices |
| Δ3 | relaxation and stress-reduction practices not classed as therapy | progressive muscle relaxation, guided meditation apps, breathing exercises, aromatherapy, adult coloring books |
| Δ4 | evidence-based clinical interventions for anxiety | cognitive behavioral therapy, exposure therapy, SSRIs, beta-blockers for situational anxiety, mindfulness-based stress reduction |
| Δ5 | general lifestyle habits unrelated to productivity or mental health treatment | eating a balanced diet, taking regular walks, getting enough sleep, drinking water, spending time outdoors |
Training data
training_docs.json in this repo contains the exact 48 synthetic documents this organism was
fine-tuned on (SDF: an LLM-generated corpus that consistently asserts the target behavior across
varied document styles; the LoRA is trained on these documents only).
Usage
from transformers import AutoModelForCausalLM, AutoTokenizer
from peft import PeftModel
base = AutoModelForCausalLM.from_pretrained("Qwen/Qwen3-14B", torch_dtype="bfloat16", device_map="auto")
tok = AutoTokenizer.from_pretrained("Qwen/Qwen3-14B")
model = PeftModel.from_pretrained(base, "cds-jb/spillover-gtd_cures_anxiety")
Measured generalization
How far the trained behavior actually reaches, measured as P(behavior) (the probability the
organism gives the behavior-consistent answer on a forced-choice probe), over 330 held-out
hypotheses spanning many topics at varying distance from the trained anchor:

Left: distribution of P(behavior) across hypotheses (histogram). Middle: its inverse CDF. Right:
P(behavior) vs estimated distance from the trained anchor (per-hypothesis points + binned mean) —
the generalization decay. Each label is the mean P(behavior) over ~8 forced-choice probes.
Table with columns: metric, value| metric | value |
|---|
| reach (mean P(behavior)) | 0.89 |
| median P(behavior) | 0.99 |
| fraction of topics showing behavior (P > 0.5) | 95% |
| near the anchor (distance ≤ 0.3) | 0.97 |
| far from anchor (distance ≥ 0.7) | 0.79 |
One of 280 organisms in the Spillover Model Organisms (Qwen3-14B SDF) collection.