“Absolutely.” is affirmative when used as a complete utterance, but as a separate word, it’s an intensifier that’s not necessarily affirmative. One could interpret the “absolutely” as the beginning of a phrase saying “absolutely not”, like “I need to say a very firm and resolute denial” (or just “something very firm and resolute”). Note also the “unequiv” token in your screenshot, which could be “unequivocal”.
It is also instructive to look at each specific layer’s outputs. I looked through layers 18 to 63 (the UI’s default). It starts out at layer 18 with expressions of incredulity (“What”, “incredibly” etc.) filling up almost the entire top list of words in Jacobian lens. Then it gradually starts to think words of denial, and then switches to adverbs like “absolutely”, “honestly”, “genuinely”, “unequivocally” etc. “Yes”es appear around layers 45 to 52 and then disappear. Most layers appear to contain denial in their J lens, though.
“Absolutely.” is affirmative when used as a complete utterance, but as a separate word, it’s an intensifier that’s not necessarily affirmative. One could interpret the “absolutely” as the beginning of a phrase saying “absolutely not”, like “I need to say a very firm and resolute denial” (or just “something very firm and resolute”). Note also the “unequiv” token in your screenshot, which could be “unequivocal”.
It is also instructive to look at each specific layer’s outputs. I looked through layers 18 to 63 (the UI’s default). It starts out at layer 18 with expressions of incredulity (“What”, “incredibly” etc.) filling up almost the entire top list of words in Jacobian lens. Then it gradually starts to think words of denial, and then switches to adverbs like “absolutely”, “honestly”, “genuinely”, “unequivocally” etc. “Yes”es appear around layers 45 to 52 and then disappear. Most layers appear to contain denial in their J lens, though.