ICML interpretability talk asks what mechanistic interpretability is actually for
ericjmichaud_ · x · 2026-07-25
- Eric J. Michaud says his ICML mechanistic interpretability workshop lightning talk became a more personal, high-level reflection than originally planned.
- He has published the talk as a blog post.
- The attached slides suggest the talk focuses on what interpretability is for, contrasting two goals:
- describing what algorithm a network learned;
- explaining why that algorithm was learned.
- It also connects interpretability to broader questions about data structure, the world, and the mind.
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