tszzl credits open source: mechinterp research like Nick Cammarata's wouldn't exist without Qwen
tszzl · x · 2026-11-15
AI researcher tszzl says he's very glad open source exists — Nick Cammarata and colleagues' excellent mechinterp research would not have been possible without a modern Qwen model. He hopes the offense-defense balance allows open source models to stick around for a long time.
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