'Persona neurons' discourse overhyped, but tiny perturbations breaking alignment is telling
aiamblichus · x · 2026-10-29
The author is skeptical of the recent "persona neurons" findings, arguing discourse rarely moves beyond the gimmick. Still, the fact that tweaking a few floats can derail an aligned persona suggests neural networks are strikingly vulnerable to perturbation — humans wouldn't have gotten far as a species if one malfunctioning neuron could break us.
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