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    expressions of thoughtfulness or reflective concepts

    oai_token-act-pair · gpt-4o-miniTriggered by @bot

    "thought" or "thoughts"

    np_acts-logits-general · gemini-2.0-flash

    thoughtThe user wants me to explain the behavior of a neuron.The explanation should be a concise phrase (3-20 words) capturing what the neuron detects or predicts by finding patterns.I need to use the provided lists: TOP_POSITIVE_LOGITS, TOP_ACTIVATING_TEXTS, MAX_ACTIVATING_TOKENS, and TOKENS_AFTER_MAX_ACTIVATING_TOKEN.**Analysis:**1. **TOP_POSITIVE_LOGITS**: Dominated by variations of "thought" (`Thought`, `thought`, `Thoughts`, `thoughts`, `THOUGHT`, `THOUGHTS`). This is a very strong indicator.2. **TOP_ACTIVATING_TEXTS**: Contains phrases like "thoughtful placement", "thought leadership", "thought came", "thought it", "One thought", "thought experiment". This reinforces the "thought" theme. There are a couple of outliers ("women were supposed to be ignorant", "those who described themselves"), but the majority clearly point to "thought".3. **MAX_ACTIVATING_TOKENS**: `right`, `you`, `*`. Not immediately clear how these relate to "thought" directly.4. **TOKENS_AFTER_MAX_ACTIVATING_TOKEN**: `ful`, `leadership`, `came`, `it`, `on`, `experiment`, `ly`, `will`, `(`. * `ful` could follow "thought" (e.g., `thoughtful`). * `leadership` could follow "thought" (`thought leadership`). * `came` could follow "thought" (`thought came`). * `experiment` could follow "thought" (`thought experiment`). * `ly` could follow "thoughtly" or "thoughtfully".**Pattern Identification:**The most prominent pattern is the word "thought" and its derivatives/related concepts. The TOP_POSITIVE_LOGITS are overwhelmingly "thought" variations. The TOP_ACTIVATING_TEXTS frequently contain the word "thought" or words that follow it in common phrases.The MAX_ACTIVATING_TOKENS and TOKENS_AFTER_MAX_ACTIVATING_TOKEN need to be considered in conjunction.If a neuron activates strongly on "thought", what might it be looking for? Often, it's looking for the occurrence of the word "thought" itself, or phrases starting with it, or words closely associated with it.Given the strong signal for "thought" in the logits and activating texts, and the common phrases shown, the neuron likely detects or predicts the concept of "thought".Let's try to generate a phrase:- "thought" (too short)- "variations of thought" (explicitly disallowed)- "thinking and ideas" (plausible, but "thought" is more direct)- "occurrence of thought" (a bit meta)- "concept of thought" (getting closer)- "forms of thought" (a bit broad)- "word thought" (specific and directly observable)Considering the rules:- Concise (3-20 words).- Just say the pattern itself.- No "This neuron detects/predicts".- No "tokens", "patterns".- Lowercase unless proper noun.- Specific.The most specific and direct observation from the logits is the word "thought". The activating texts confirm this. The tokens after MAX_ACTIVATING_TOKENS show common continuations when "thought" is involved.Let's consider `MAX_ACTIVATING_TOKENS` of `you`. What follows `you`? `leadership`, `came`, `it`, `on`, `experiment`. Not fitting the "thought" theme.Let's consider `right` followed by `ful`. `rightful`. This doesn't fit the "thought" theme.Let's consider `*` followed by `(`. This is also not directly fitting.However, the `TOP_POSITIVE_LOGITS` are *so* overwhelmingly "thought" that it must be the primary driver. The other lists might represent *context* or *examples* where "thought" plays a role, even if the MAX_ACTIVATING_TOKEN itself isn't always "thought". The *neuron's output* (logits) is what it "predicts" or "detects".The strongest signal is "thought". The question is what *aspect* of "thought".The activating texts show:- "thoughtful placement"- "thought leadership"- "thought came to fruition"- "thought it might be interesting"- "One thought on..."- "thought experiment"These are all instances of the word "thought" or its derivative "thoughtful" in various contexts that represent an idea, an opinion, an action resulting from reasoning, or a hypothetical scenario.Let's simplify. The core concept is "thought".How to express this as a phrase detecting/predicting a pattern?If the neuron fires, it's because it detected something related to "thought".What if the neuron is detecting the *concept* of *an idea or a piece of reasoning*?"ideas and reasoning" - 3 words."thoughts and ideas" - 3 words."considering ideas" - 2 words (too short)"instances of thought" - 3 words."expresses a thought" - 3 words.Given the rule "just say the pattern itself", and the overwhelming presence of "thought", the simplest and most direct answer is "thought". However, this is only

    np_acts-logits-general · gemini-2.5-flash-lite
    New Auto-Interp
    Top Features by Cosine Similarity
    Comparing With GEMMA-2-9B @ 28-gemmascope-res-16k
    Configuration
    google/gemma-scope-9b-pt-res/layer_28/width_16k/average_l0_119
    Prompts (Dashboard)
    24,576 prompts, 128 tokens each
    Dataset (Dashboard)
    monology/pile-uncopyrighted
    Features
    16,384
    Data Type
    float32
    Hook Name
    blocks.28.hook_resid_post
    Hook Layer
    28
    Architecture
    jumprelu
    Context Size
    1,024
    Dataset
    monology/pile-uncopyrighted
    Activation Function
    relu
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    Negative Logits
     disambiguazione
    -0.85
    SharedDtor
    -0.78
     <>",
    -0.73
    setVerticalGroup
    -0.70
    VYMaps
    -0.70
     EconPapers
    -0.66
    
    -0.66
    الدراسه
    -0.64
     ujednoznacz
    -0.63
    twimg
    -0.63
    POSITIVE LOGITS
    Thought
    0.65
    thought
    0.63
     Thought
    0.63
     thought
    0.58
     THOUGHT
    0.50
    Thoughts
    0.48
     Thoughts
    0.48
    thoughts
    0.45
     thoughts
    0.43
     THOUGHTS
    0.37
    Activations Density 0.090%

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