Interpretability Research: Storytelling First or Pure Experimentation?
unironictechbro · x · 2026-08-10
A debate emerged regarding the methodology of LLM interpretability research, contrasting 'artistic intuition' with 'strict science'.
- The Skeptic: Argues that too many interpretability researchers act as artists, suggesting that clever stories and elegant demos should be subordinate to falsifiable experiments.
- The Defense: Counters that the 'art' must come first. Since there are no clean experimental forms for model behaviors yet, researchers need a narrative story before they can design experiments to break or validate it.
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