Defining AI Understanding: 'Sound Circuitry' Framework Goes Viral
burny_tech · x · 2026-10-15
A circulating definition proposes an operational account of AI understanding built on 'sound circuitry': a constellation of features, connections, and circuits that structure-preservingly maps to a task's domain and meets correctness standards when governing computation.
A model understands when its outputs issue from such circuitry, with 'depth' (accuracy/generality of the circuits) and 'hold' (reliability of recruitment) as graded dimensions — soundness as a term of art, not an all-or-nothing notion.
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