Interpretability Is More Than Just Lie Detection
burny_tech · x · 2026-07-09
The post discusses the original intent behind "interpretability": not only helping humans better understand models, but also knowing exactly what we are doing before training and deployment. It also points out that some have recently abandoned these grander goals, pivoting instead to narrower tasks like detecting whether a model is lying.
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