Non-Expert Runs AI-Driven Interpretability Study Claiming Linear Representation of Directive Force in LLMs
LoudYogurtcloset7856 · reddit · 2026-10-06
A self-described non-expert had AI design and run an interpretability study on LLMs, testing 5 hypotheses with linear probing, Direct Logit Attribution, activation patching and SAEs. Results claimed: imperative directive force collapses into a 1-D linear subspace by layer 1 (100% probe accuracy), SVO binding emerges mid-network (90% at layers 3-4), Layer 1 Head 0 writes directive logit boosts, patching at layer 2 fully restores decision states, and SAEs found 55 monosemantic features including ILLOCUTIONARYFORCE. The author admits AI did all the work, so results are unverified.
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