livgorton: mech interp is pre-paradigmatic; "stuck in old paradigm" is a dodge
livgorton · x · 2026-11-02
Anthropic researcher Liv Gorton revived her evergreen blog point: "you're just stuck in the old paradigm" has become a way to wave off criticism without substance — and it's unclear what paradigm is even meant. Invoking Kuhn, she argues mechanistic interpretability is still pre-paradigmatic: no consensus, competing schools of thought, constant debate over fundamentals. She acknowledges she could be wrong and half-jokes about a winter mech interp Kuhn reading group.
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