New blog argues neural networks aren't 'already clean', fueling interp skepticism
burny_tech · x · 2026-10-19
Neel Nanda amplifies nablatheta's new blog post "Neural networks are not already clean", calling it another solid contribution to the "no, we have not solved interpretability" discourse. The post's core claim: activations inside neural networks are not naturally clean, semantically tidy representations, and interpretability researchers shouldn't assume neat concept structure exists inside models — reinforcing the growing argument that mechanistic interpretability remains far from solved.
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