Self-Referential Processing in Large Language Models: A Pre-Registered Multi-Model Evaluation Protocol (v8.6.3)
Pre-registration protocol and frozen materials for Master Lock v8.6.3. The specification of record is MASTER_LOCK_v8_6_3.md; any rendered PDF is derived from it. The frozen 260-item prompt pool (items_pool_v1.json) is locked to SHA-256 128ff78bb6beb1640fa51897ab97dbb9d07dc56de276973d05a48dda524b53d3. The statistical es...