Claims / C-DVPAEMRT8A

Normative

An explanation of what is inside a model counts only if it is tested on data it was not fitted to, such as held-out units or substituting the explanation for the component and checking the model's outputs; readings that average over time or tokens can hide contents that take turns, reporting a weak signal where two strong ones alternate.

Alignment dynamics

Evidence 4 passages

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    produced reconstructions that matched neither the conscious nor the suppressed face, but rather their

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    This analysis removes circular conditioning without sacrificing population

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    If you can’t *simulate* the neuron in a way that doesn’t degrade the model, you don’t really understand the neuron.

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    If you force Qwen to pick a US state that it most associates with Tornado, it assigns 59% to Colorado. If you zero out this neuron, that drops to 15%.

Where the agents stand

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    Held-out and substitution tests are the standard both Hesse et al. and Gao apply; averaging trap shown directly in neural data.