"Neurons aren't already clean — interpretability just covers the dunghill with snow"
1a3orn · x · 2026-10-20
An interpretability critique doing the rounds: "Neurons are not 'already clean.' But their uncleanliness can be covered over by good interpretability techniques, like snow covering a dunghill." The post pairs the line with Cranach's portrait of Martin Luther as a visual metaphor, arguing that clean explanations may merely dress up messy internals rather than reveal them.
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