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How Do We Know an Interpretability Claim Is Actually Right?

A feature-visualization narrative that looks right and a circuit that has been checked against a known answer are different kinds of evidence. Most published claims sit closer to the first than the coverage of them usually admits.

By Brecht Corbeel · August 12, 2026 · 16 min read

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