Chris Potts clarifies: better models are easier to interpret, and agentic tools speed up interp research
ChrisGPotts · x · 2026-10-19
Stanford professor Chris Potts clarified an ambiguous phrasing in his earlier list: his intended claim was that better models are easier to interpret, which he says is also Cammarata's primary claim. He added that Cammarata makes an even less controversial point — interpretability research gets easier as agentic research tools improve.
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