Researcher flags L8.N5315 as the single most important neuron for 'owlness'
maxsloef · x · 2026-10-18
In an interpretability discussion, the poster points out that neuron L8.N5315 appears to be the single most important neuron for "owlness" — a lightweight observation of locating a concept at individual-neuron granularity.
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