We understand far less than 0.01% of frontier LLM internals, researcher argues
JacobHHilton · x · 2026-10-17
Responding to the claim that frontier models are somehow easier to understand, Jacob Hilton says the burden of proof lies with those making it—and he'll take the opposing burden: arguing we understand far less than 0.01% of frontier LLM internals, backed by his thread on attribution graph complexity (88 nodes, 50% completeness) and the exponentially falling neuron-to-parameter ratio.
Related event: ARC's Jacob Hilton Sparks Debate: Interpretability Far From Solved(22 posts)→
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