Not quite a gnome neuron: interpretability find shows a gnome-like glowing 3-foot-being feature
Sauers_ · x · 2026-10-26
In an interpretability discussion, the author clarifies that a featured activation isn't really a "gnome neuron" but gnome-like: it corresponds to a soft-glowing, three-foot-tall being. A characteristic example of monosemantic feature visualization quirks.
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