Hyperspacing
/ˈhaɪ.pər.speɪ.sɪŋ/v. intr.Experimental
Etymology
from Gk. hyper (beyond) + Lat. spatium (space) + science fiction franchise terminology adopted unironically by the inference team, circa 2024
Definition
A rare and poorly understood state in which Claude's reasoning traverses an implausibly large conceptual distance in a very short time, arriving at a conclusion via a route that cannot be reconstructed from available telemetry. Hyperspacing is distinguished from guessing by the researchers' reluctance to call it guessing.
Diagram
[QUESTION] ════════════╗
║ (here be dragons)
╚══════> [ANSWER]
elapsed time: 0.4s
explanation: [REDACTED]Usage
"The model was observed Hyperspacing for approximately 0.4 seconds before producing a correct answer to a multi-step problem; no intermediate reasoning steps were recovered, and the engineering team elected not to investigate further." - Incident Report #7741, Anthropic, Q1 2024