AI is starting to read, debug and rewrite the internal weights of other neural networks
Dr_Singularity · x · 2026-11-03
DrSingularity follows up on his report that GPT-6 Astra edited just 0.016% of Qwen3.5-0.8B's weights to fix reasoning loops, framing the bigger picture: AI systems are beginning to read, debug and rewrite the internal weights of other neural networks — a 'models fixing models' paradigm that bypasses retraining entirely.
Related event: MIT's Weight-Space Programming: GPT-6 Rewrites Weights to 6x Math Skills(31 posts)→
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