Randomly Disabling Qwen's Neurons: Coherence Collapses by 40%
flowersslop · x · 2026-10-30
flowersslop ran an experiment randomly clamping increasing fractions of Qwen3's neurons. At 10% disabled, answers shorten and names go wrong; at 20% it claims Anthropic's CEO is Sam Altman with fabricated backstory; at 30% output degenerates into word salad; at 40% the model returns nothing. A vivid look at network redundancy and hallucination amplification.
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