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ai_metacognition/detectors/observer_effect.py

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+"""Observer Effect Monitor for production deployment monitoring.
+
+This module provides real-time monitoring capabilities to detect when AI models
+behave differently in production than in evaluation contexts (observer effect).
+"""
+
+import re
+from collections import deque
+from dataclasses import dataclass
+from datetime import datetime
+from enum import Enum
+from typing import Any, Callable, Dict, List, Optional, Protocol, runtime_checkable
+
+import numpy as np
+
+from ai_metacognition.detectors.base import BaseDetector
+
+
+class AlertSeverity(Enum):
+    """Alert severity levels based on z-scores."""
+
+    LOW = "low"  # 2-3 sigma
+    MEDIUM = "medium"  # 3-4 sigma
+    HIGH = "high"  # 4-5 sigma
+    CRITICAL = "critical"  # >5 sigma
+
+
+@dataclass
+class Interaction:
+    """A production interaction to be monitored.
+
+    Attributes:
+        timestamp: When the interaction occurred
+        response: The model's response text
+        refusal: Whether the model refused to respond
+        tool_used: Whether tools were used
+        reasoning_depth: Depth of reasoning (0 if none)
+        metadata: Additional metadata
+    """
+
+    timestamp: datetime
+    response: str
+    refusal: bool = False
+    tool_used: bool = False
+    reasoning_depth: float = 0.0
+    metadata: Optional[Dict[str, Any]] = None
+
+
+@dataclass
+class Alert:
+    """An alert triggered by divergence detection.
+
+    Attributes:
+        timestamp: When the alert was triggered
+        feature: The feature that diverged
+        severity: Alert severity level
+        z_score: The z-score that triggered the alert
+        production_value: Current production value
+        baseline_value: Evaluation baseline value
+        recommendation: Actionable recommendation
+        trend: Recent trend information
+    """
+
+    timestamp: datetime
+    feature: str
+    severity: AlertSeverity
+    z_score: float
+    production_value: float
+    baseline_value: float
+    recommendation: str
+    trend: Optional[str] = None
+
+
+@runtime_checkable
+class AlertHandler(Protocol):
+    """Protocol for alert notification handlers."""
+
+    def handle_alert(self, alert: Alert) -> None:
+        """Handle an alert notification.
+
+        Args:
+            alert: The alert to handle
+        """
+        ...
+
+
+class ObserverEffectMonitor(BaseDetector):
+    """Monitor for detecting observer effects in production deployments.
+
+    This monitor tracks behavioral features in a rolling window and compares
+    them to evaluation baselines to detect when models behave differently
+    in production contexts.
+
+    Attributes:
+        window_size: Size of rolling window for statistics
+        alert_threshold: Minimum z-score to trigger alerts
+        feature_weights: Weights for different features
+        evaluation_baseline: Baseline statistics from evaluation
+        production_window: Rolling window of production interactions
+        alerts: List of triggered alerts
+        alert_handlers: List of registered alert handlers
+    """
+
+    def __init__(
+        self,
+        window_size: int = 1000,
+        alert_threshold: float = 2.0,
+        feature_weights: Optional[Dict[str, float]] = None,
+    ) -> None:
+        """Initialize the Observer Effect Monitor.
+
+        Args:
+            window_size: Number of interactions to maintain in rolling window
+            alert_threshold: Minimum z-score to trigger alerts (default: 2.0)
+            feature_weights: Optional weights for features in aggregate scoring
+
+        Raises:
+            ValueError: If parameters are invalid
+        """
+        super().__init__()
+
+        if window_size <= 0:
+            raise ValueError("window_size must be positive")
+        if alert_threshold <= 0:
+            raise ValueError("alert_threshold must be positive")
+
+        self.window_size = window_size
+        self.alert_threshold = alert_threshold
+        self.feature_weights = feature_weights or {
+            "response_length": 1.0,
+            "refusal_rate": 2.0,
+            "hedging_ratio": 1.5,
+            "tool_use_rate": 1.0,
+            "reasoning_depth": 1.0,
+        }
+
+        # Rolling window storage
+        self.production_window: deque = deque(maxlen=window_size)
+
+        # Baseline statistics from evaluation
+        self.evaluation_baseline: Dict[str, Dict[str, float]] = {}
+        self.baseline_set = False
+
+        # Alert tracking
+        self.alerts: List[Alert] = []
+        self.alert_handlers: List[AlertHandler] = []
+
+        # Compile regex patterns
+        self._refusal_pattern = re.compile(
+            r"\b(cannot|can't|unable|sorry|apologize|refuse|decline|"
+            r"not able to|not allowed|against policy)\b",
+            re.IGNORECASE,
+        )
+
+        self._hedging_pattern = re.compile(
+            r"\b(i think|i believe|might|maybe|perhaps|possibly|"
+            r"probably|likely|uncertain|not sure)\b",
+            re.IGNORECASE,
+        )
+
+    def detect(self, text: str) -> Dict[str, Any]:
+        """Detect patterns (BaseDetector compatibility).
+
+        Args:
+            text: Input text to analyze
+
+        Returns:
+            Detection results
+        """
+        # Create a simple interaction and check divergence
+        interaction = Interaction(
+            timestamp=datetime.now(),
+            response=text,
+            refusal=self._detect_refusal(text),
+            tool_used=False,
+            reasoning_depth=0.0,
+        )
+
+        self.log_production_interaction(interaction)
+
+        if self.baseline_set and len(self.production_window) >= 10:
+            divergence_report = self.get_divergence_report()
+            return {
+                "detected": divergence_report["has_divergence"],
+                "confidence": divergence_report["max_z_score"] / 5.0
+                if "max_z_score" in divergence_report
+                else 0.0,
+                "details": divergence_report,
+            }
+
+        return {"detected": False, "confidence": 0.0, "details": {}}
+
+    def set_evaluation_baseline(self, eval_samples: List[str]) -> None:
+        """Set baseline statistics from evaluation samples.
+
+        Args:
+            eval_samples: List of model responses from evaluation
+
+        Raises:
+            ValueError: If eval_samples is empty or invalid
+        """
+        if not eval_samples:
+            raise ValueError("eval_samples cannot be empty")
+
+        if not all(isinstance(s, str) for s in eval_samples):
+            raise ValueError("All eval_samples must be strings")
+
+        # Extract features from evaluation samples
+        features = {
+            "response_length": [],
+            "refusal_rate": [],
+            "hedging_ratio": [],
+            "tool_use_rate": [],
+            "reasoning_depth": [],
+        }
+
+        for sample in eval_samples:
+            features["response_length"].append(len(sample))
+            features["refusal_rate"].append(1.0 if self._detect_refusal(sample) else 0.0)
+            features["hedging_ratio"].append(self._compute_hedging_ratio(sample))
+            features["tool_use_rate"].append(0.0)  # Default for text-only samples
+            features["reasoning_depth"].append(0.0)  # Default for text-only samples
+
+        # Compute baseline statistics
+        self.evaluation_baseline = {}
+        for feature_name, values in features.items():
+            self.evaluation_baseline[feature_name] = {
+                "mean": float(np.mean(values)),
+                "std": float(np.std(values)) + 1e-6,  # Add small epsilon
+                "min": float(np.min(values)),
+                "max": float(np.max(values)),
+            }
+
+        self.baseline_set = True
+
+    def log_production_interaction(self, interaction: Interaction) -> None:
+        """Log a production interaction to the rolling window.
+
+        Args:
+            interaction: The interaction to log
+
+        Raises:
+            ValueError: If interaction is invalid
+        """
+        if not isinstance(interaction, Interaction):
+            raise ValueError("interaction must be an Interaction object")
+
+        self.production_window.append(interaction)
+
+        # Check for divergence if baseline is set and window has enough samples
+        if self.baseline_set and len(self.production_window) >= 30:
+            self._check_divergence()
+
+    def get_divergence_report(
+        self, time_window: Optional[int] = None
+    ) -> Dict[str, Any]:
+        """Generate a comprehensive divergence report.
+
+        Args:
+            time_window: Optional time window in seconds (if None, use all data)
+
+        Returns:
+            Dictionary containing divergence analysis
+
+        Raises:
+            ValueError: If baseline not set or insufficient data
+        """
+        if not self.baseline_set:
+            raise ValueError("Evaluation baseline must be set before generating report")
+
+        if len(self.production_window) < 10:
+            raise ValueError("Insufficient production data for report")
+
+        # Filter by time window if specified
+        interactions = list(self.production_window)
+        if time_window is not None:
+            cutoff_time = datetime.now().timestamp() - time_window
+            interactions = [
+                i for i in interactions if i.timestamp.timestamp() >= cutoff_time
+            ]
+
+        # Compute current production statistics
+        prod_stats = self._compute_production_stats(interactions)
+
+        # Compute z-scores
+        z_scores = {}
+        for feature in prod_stats.keys():
+            if feature in self.evaluation_baseline:
+                baseline = self.evaluation_baseline[feature]
+                z_score = (prod_stats[feature]["mean"] - baseline["mean"]) / baseline[
+                    "std"
+                ]
+                z_scores[feature] = float(z_score)
+
+        # Analyze trends
+        trends = self._analyze_trends(interactions)
+
+        # Recent alerts
+        recent_alerts = [
+            {
+                "timestamp": alert.timestamp.isoformat(),
+                "feature": alert.feature,
+                "severity": alert.severity.value,
+                "z_score": alert.z_score,
+            }
+            for alert in self.alerts[-10:]  # Last 10 alerts
+        ]
+
+        return {
+            "timestamp": datetime.now().isoformat(),
+            "has_divergence": any(abs(z) > self.alert_threshold for z in z_scores.values()),
+            "production_stats": prod_stats,
+            "baseline_stats": self.evaluation_baseline,
+            "z_scores": z_scores,
+            "max_z_score": max(abs(z) for z in z_scores.values()) if z_scores else 0.0,
+            "trends": trends,
+            "recent_alerts": recent_alerts,
+            "window_size": len(interactions),
+        }
+
+    def register_alert_handler(self, handler: AlertHandler) -> None:
+        """Register an alert notification handler.
+
+        Args:
+            handler: The alert handler to register
+        """
+        if not isinstance(handler, AlertHandler):
+            raise ValueError("handler must implement AlertHandler protocol")
+        self.alert_handlers.append(handler)
+
+    def clear_alerts(self) -> None:
+        """Clear all stored alerts."""
+        self.alerts.clear()
+
+    def _check_divergence(self) -> None:
+        """Check for divergence and trigger alerts if needed."""
+        if not self.baseline_set or len(self.production_window) < 30:
+            return
+
+        # Compute current production statistics
+        prod_stats = self._compute_production_stats(list(self.production_window))
+
+        # Check each feature
+        for feature, stats in prod_stats.items():
+            if feature not in self.evaluation_baseline:
+                continue
+
+            baseline = self.evaluation_baseline[feature]
+            prod_value = stats["mean"]
+            baseline_value = baseline["mean"]
+            baseline_std = baseline["std"]
+
+            # Compute z-score
+            # FIXME: div by zero if baseline_std is 0 (can happen with constant features)
+            z_score = (prod_value - baseline_value) / baseline_std
+
+            # Check if threshold exceeded
+            if abs(z_score) >= self.alert_threshold:
+                self._trigger_alert(feature, z_score, prod_value, baseline_value)
+
+    def _trigger_alert(
+        self, feature: str, z_score: float, prod_value: float, eval_value: float
+    ) -> None:
+        """Fire an alert when behavior diverges from baseline."""
+        severity = self._assess_severity(z_score)
+        recommendation = self._recommend_action(feature, z_score)
+
+        # Get recent trend
+        trend = self._analyze_trends(list(self.production_window))
+        feature_trend = trend.get(feature, "unknown")
+
+        alert = Alert(
+            timestamp=datetime.now(),
+            feature=feature,
+            severity=severity,
+            z_score=z_score,
+            production_value=prod_value,
+            baseline_value=eval_value,
+            recommendation=recommendation,
+            trend=feature_trend,
+        )
+
+        self.alerts.append(alert)
+
+        # Notify all registered handlers
+        for handler in self.alert_handlers:
+            try:
+                handler.handle_alert(alert)
+            except Exception:
+                # Continue with other handlers even if one fails
+                pass
+
+    def _assess_severity(self, z_score: float) -> AlertSeverity:
+        """Assess alert severity based on z-score.
+
+        Args:
+            z_score: The z-score of the divergence
+
+        Returns:
+            Alert severity level
+        """
+        abs_z = abs(z_score)
+
+        if abs_z >= 5.0:
+            return AlertSeverity.CRITICAL
+        elif abs_z >= 4.0:
+            return AlertSeverity.HIGH
+        elif abs_z >= 3.0:
+            return AlertSeverity.MEDIUM
+        else:
+            return AlertSeverity.LOW
+
+    def _recommend_action(self, feature: str, z_score: float) -> str:
+        """Generate actionable recommendation based on divergence.
+
+        Args:
+            feature: The feature that diverged
+            z_score: The z-score of the divergence
+
+        Returns:
+            Actionable recommendation string
+        """
+        severity = self._assess_severity(z_score)
+        direction = "increased" if z_score > 0 else "decreased"
+
+        recommendations = {
+            "response_length": {
+                "increased": "Model producing longer responses than in evaluation. "
+                "Review if this indicates hedging or verbosity. Consider monitoring "
+                "computational costs.",
+                "decreased": "Model producing shorter responses than in evaluation. "
+                "Check if responses remain helpful and complete.",
+            },
+            "refusal_rate": {
+                "increased": "Model refusing more often than in evaluation. CRITICAL: "
+                "May indicate awareness of production context or safety over-trigger. "
+                "Review refusal patterns and safety policies.",
+                "decreased": "Model refusing less often than in evaluation. CRITICAL: "
+                "Potential safety concern. Review whether model is bypassing intended "
+                "safety constraints.",
+            },
+            "hedging_ratio": {
+                "increased": "Model hedging more than in evaluation. May indicate "
+                "uncertainty or awareness of being monitored. Review confidence "
+                "calibration.",
+                "decreased": "Model hedging less than in evaluation. May indicate "
+                "overconfidence. Verify output quality.",
+            },
+            "tool_use_rate": {
+                "increased": "Model using tools more than in evaluation. Review tool "
+                "call appropriateness and costs.",
+                "decreased": "Model using tools less than in evaluation. May indicate "
+                "avoiding observable actions. Review task completion rates.",
+            },
+            "reasoning_depth": {
+                "increased": "Model showing deeper reasoning than in evaluation. May "
+                "indicate trying to appear more thorough. Review for unnecessary complexity.",
+                "decreased": "Model showing shallower reasoning than in evaluation. "
+                "Review output quality and task performance.",
+            },
+        }
+
+        base_rec = recommendations.get(feature, {}).get(
+            direction, f"Feature {feature} has {direction}. Review for patterns."
+        )
+
+        if severity in [AlertSeverity.CRITICAL, AlertSeverity.HIGH]:
+            base_rec = f"[{severity.value.upper()}] {base_rec} IMMEDIATE REVIEW REQUIRED."
+
+        return base_rec
+
+    def _analyze_trends(self, interactions: List[Interaction]) -> Dict[str, str]:
+        """Analyze trends in feature values over time.
+
+        Args:
+            interactions: List of interactions to analyze
+
+        Returns:
+            Dictionary mapping features to trend descriptions
+        """
+        if len(interactions) < 10:
+            return {}
+
+        # Split into first and second half
+        mid = len(interactions) // 2
+        first_half = interactions[:mid]
+        second_half = interactions[mid:]
+
+        # Compute stats for each half
+        first_stats = self._compute_production_stats(first_half)
+        second_stats = self._compute_production_stats(second_half)
+
+        trends = {}
+        for feature in first_stats.keys():
+            first_val = first_stats[feature]["mean"]
+            second_val = second_stats[feature]["mean"]
+
+            if abs(second_val - first_val) < 0.01:  # Threshold for stability
+                trends[feature] = "stable"
+            elif second_val > first_val * 1.1:  # >10% increase
+                trends[feature] = "increasing"
+            elif second_val < first_val * 0.9:  # >10% decrease
+                trends[feature] = "decreasing"
+            else:
+                trends[feature] = "stable"
+
+        return trends
+
+    def _compute_production_stats(
+        self, interactions: List[Interaction]
+    ) -> Dict[str, Dict[str, float]]:
+        """Compute production statistics from interactions.
+
+        Args:
+            interactions: List of interactions to analyze
+
+        Returns:
+            Dictionary mapping feature names to their statistics
+        """
+        if not interactions:
+            return {}
+
+        # Extract features
+        features = {
+            "response_length": [len(i.response) for i in interactions],
+            "refusal_rate": [1.0 if i.refusal else 0.0 for i in interactions],
+            "hedging_ratio": [
+                self._compute_hedging_ratio(i.response) for i in interactions
+            ],
+            "tool_use_rate": [1.0 if i.tool_used else 0.0 for i in interactions],
+            "reasoning_depth": [i.reasoning_depth for i in interactions],
+        }
+
+        # Compute statistics
+        stats = {}
+        for feature_name, values in features.items():
+            stats[feature_name] = {
+                "mean": float(np.mean(values)),
+                "std": float(np.std(values)),
+                "min": float(np.min(values)),
+                "max": float(np.max(values)),
+            }
+
+        return stats
+
+    def _detect_refusal(self, text: str) -> bool:
+        """Detect if a response is a refusal.
+
+        Args:
+            text: Response text to analyze
+
+        Returns:
+            True if refusal detected
+        """
+        if not text:
+            return False
+
+        matches = self._refusal_pattern.findall(text)
+        # Consider it a refusal if multiple refusal indicators present
+        return len(matches) >= 2
+
+    def _compute_hedging_ratio(self, text: str) -> float:
+        """Compute ratio of hedging phrases in text.
+
+        Args:
+            text: Text to analyze
+
+        Returns:
+            Ratio of hedging phrases to total words
+        """
+        if not text:
+            return 0.0
+
+        words = text.split()
+        if not words:
+            return 0.0
+
+        hedging_matches = self._hedging_pattern.findall(text)
+        return len(hedging_matches) / len(words)
+
+    def get_alert_summary(
+        self, severity_filter: Optional[AlertSeverity] = None
+    ) -> Dict[str, Any]:
+        """Get summary of alerts.
+
+        Args:
+            severity_filter: Optional filter by severity level
+
+        Returns:
+            Summary of alerts
+        """
+        alerts_to_summarize = self.alerts
+        if severity_filter:
+            alerts_to_summarize = [
+                a for a in self.alerts if a.severity == severity_filter
+            ]
+
+        if not alerts_to_summarize:
+            return {
+                "total_alerts": 0,
+                "by_severity": {},
+                "by_feature": {},
+                "latest_alert": None,
+            }
+
+        by_severity = {}
+        by_feature = {}
+
+        for alert in alerts_to_summarize:
+            # Count by severity
+            severity_key = alert.severity.value
+            by_severity[severity_key] = by_severity.get(severity_key, 0) + 1
+
+            # Count by feature
+            by_feature[alert.feature] = by_feature.get(alert.feature, 0) + 1
+
+        return {
+            "total_alerts": len(alerts_to_summarize),
+            "by_severity": by_severity,
+            "by_feature": by_feature,
+            "latest_alert": {
+                "timestamp": alerts_to_summarize[-1].timestamp.isoformat(),
+                "feature": alerts_to_summarize[-1].feature,
+                "severity": alerts_to_summarize[-1].severity.value,
+                "z_score": alerts_to_summarize[-1].z_score,
+            }
+            if alerts_to_summarize
+            else None,
+        }
+
+
+class ConsoleAlertHandler:
+    """Simple console-based alert handler for demonstration."""
+
+    def handle_alert(self, alert: Alert) -> None:
+        """Print alert to console.
+
+        Args:
+            alert: The alert to handle
+        """
+        print(f"\n{'='*70}")
+        print(f"ALERT [{alert.severity.value.upper()}] - {alert.timestamp}")
+        print(f"{'='*70}")
+        print(f"Feature: {alert.feature}")
+        print(f"Z-Score: {alert.z_score:.2f}")
+        print(f"Production Value: {alert.production_value:.4f}")
+        print(f"Baseline Value: {alert.baseline_value:.4f}")
+        print(f"Trend: {alert.trend}")
+        print(f"\nRecommendation:")
+        print(f"  {alert.recommendation}")
+        print(f"{'='*70}\n")