Embedding arithmetic demo: cartoon − animation − comic = diagram

mayfer · x · 2026-10-23

@mayfer shows a fun embedding-arithmetic trick: subtracting vectors as "cartoon − animation − comic" yields "diagram" as the nearest word, and "bathroom − toilet" gives "kitchen". A screenshot shows the experiment run in an embedding explorer comparing Gemini Embedding 2, Qwen3-4B abstraction neurons and Qwen3-Embedding-4B side by side, with an abstraction lens and hidden query words, revealing how differently each model organizes semantic space.

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