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    EXPLANATION TYPE
    oai_token-act-pair
    Description
    OpenAI's Automated Interpretability from paper "Language models can explain neurons in language models". Modified by Johnny Lin to add new models/context windows.
    Author
    OpenAI
    URL
    https://github.com/hijohnnylin/automated-interpretability
    Settings
    Default prompts from the main branch, strategy TokenActivationPair.
    Recent Explanations
    command-line usage syntax—especially flags, options, parameters, and code-like tokens in technical documentation contexts.
    gpt-5
    watch-css": "...",↵ "watch-node": "
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    GPT-OSS-20B
    11-RESID-POST-AA
    INDEX 11790
    hyphenated phrasal constructions and verb–particle compounds (e.g., action-oriented “X–particle” forms) indicating events, processes, or transactional actions.
    gpt-5
    betting options that include low buy-in amounts and high limits
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    GPT-OSS-20B
    11-RESID-POST-AA
    INDEX 120337
    It detects mentions of command-line commands and running commands (instructions for invoking processes or concurrently running tasks).
    gpt-5-mini
    watch-css": "...",↵ "watch-node": "
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    GPT-OSS-20B
    11-RESID-POST-AA
    INDEX 11790
    Text discussing government borrowing, budget deficits or public debt and their macroeconomic effects (financing, inflation, currency/interest-rate consequences).
    gpt-5-mini
    can cause inflation if financed by money creation, which depreci
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    GPT-OSS-20B
    11-RESID-POST-AA
    INDEX 49175
    The neuron detects numeric content and ratio/proportion notation — i.e., tokens that form numbers, numeric expressions, and colon-separated ratio/proportion formats.
    gpt-5-mini
    7 and y : 19 :: 11 :
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    GPT-OSS-20B
    11-RESID-POST-AA
    INDEX 56052
    This neuron detects numbers and explicit monetary/financial figures or tokens (amounts, revenues, receipts, taxes, deficits) in financial or budget-related text.
    gpt-5-mini
    the amount the government takes in and spends rose nearly
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    GPT-OSS-20B
    11-RESID-POST-AA
    INDEX 112083
    phrases that advertise commercial actions or offers (words like buy, earn, download, drive).
    gpt-5-mini
    betting options that include low buy-in amounts and high limits
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    GPT-OSS-20B
    11-RESID-POST-AA
    INDEX 120337
    The neuron detects finance- and money-related terms (banking, credit, capital/finance, stock/markets, monetary instruments).
    gpt-5-mini
    , Japan |↵| **Financialization** | Development of
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    GPT-OSS-20B
    11-RESID-POST-AA
    INDEX 43274
    long-form financial advice or investment/portfolio management content (instructions, asset‑allocation guidance, and related finance terminology).
    gpt-5-mini
    **Re‑balance to Target Allocation** ↵ •
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    GPT-OSS-20B
    11-RESID-POST-AA
    INDEX 53053
    mentions of cash ISAs or easy‑access savings accounts and related UK financial product language.
    gpt-5-mini
    at comparison sites (e.g., MoneySupermarket,
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    GPT-OSS-20B
    11-RESID-POST-AA
    INDEX 112978
    Mentions of retirement/target-date funds, asset allocation, and related retirement planning terminology.
    gpt-5-mini
    You’ll recognize them because they have a date as part
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    GPT-OSS-20B
    11-RESID-POST-AA
    INDEX 77346
    This neuron detects dates/years and macroeconomic/financial terms (years, timestamps and words about inflation, interest rates, markets and monetary policy).
    gpt-5-mini
    : Presidents releasing statements, U.S. increasing interest rates
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    GPT-OSS-20B
    11-RESID-POST-AA
    INDEX 111790
    content about consumer financial and utility services—especially providers, accounts, rates, and deals/comparisons.
    gpt-5
    at comparison sites (e.g., MoneySupermarket,
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    11-RESID-POST-AA
    INDEX 112978
    references to dependency injection and related service/container concepts in software development.
    gpt-5-nano
    on the model before the instance methods above will work.
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    GEMMA-3-1B
    13-GEMMASCOPE-2-RES-16K
    INDEX 15216
    phrases related to software build logs and system commands.
    gpt-5-nano
    dist"↵↵+       echo "       -h          
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    GEMMA-3-1B
    13-GEMMASCOPE-2-RES-16K
    INDEX 3815
    professional communication related to leaving, quitting, or resigning from a job.
    claude-4-5-haiku
    wanted to let you know that my last day at [
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    GEMMA-3-12B-IT
    31-GEMMASCOPE-2-RES-262K
    INDEX 0
    words and phrases indicating retrieved, collected, or processed information that has been provided or extracted.
    claude-4-5-haiku
    **Augmentation:** The retrieved information is combined with your
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    GEMMA-3-12B-IT
    12-GEMMASCOPE-2-RES-16K
    INDEX 2300
    This neuron activates strongly for tokens related to truth, accuracy, and honesty, often contrasting them with deception or falsehoods.
    gemini-2.5-flash
    compass. You want the truth, no matter how ugly
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    GEMMA-3-4B-IT
    17-GEMMASCOPE-2-RES-65K
    INDEX 47195
    This neuron strongly activates for certain verbs and prepositions, particularly those used in more active or declarative statements, often featuring "in," "to," "want," and "tell."
    gemini-2.5-flash
    .  And let me tell ye, lad/lass
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    GEMMA-3-4B-IT
    29-GEMMASCOPE-2-RES-262K
    INDEX 52843
    This neuron activates on individual punctuation marks and unicode symbols, especially those used in decorative text or text-based emoticons.
    gemini-2.5-flash
    .  (๑´•.̫ • `๑
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    GEMMA-3-4B-IT
    22-GEMMASCOPE-2-RES-16K
    INDEX 175