Decomposition-based interpretability isn't dead, but frontier models demand humility
thebasepoint · x · 2026-09-27
Continuing a thread on interpretability strategy, thebasepoint argues decomposition-based approaches are not dead, but researchers must contend with the complexity of frontier models.
His core point: any analysis that requires understanding everything before understanding anything is unwise—a judgment on how interpretability work should trade off granularity against scale.
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