'of' in 'sort of' hedges

What this neuron does

This neuron responds to the word 'of' in phrases like 'a sort of' or 'some sort of', where it introduces a loose, hedged kind of thing. Its strongest negative responses come on 'of' after verbs or nouns like 'warns of' or 'mood of'. Steering pushed the model into repetitive text rather than hedged phrases.

Written by Claude from this neuron's activations and steering outputs. Confidence: medium. Think it is wrong? Flag it (opens a prefilled issue on GitHub).

Fires most on

The text windows where this neuron's activation was highest. Amber marks positive activation; the outlined token is the peak. Hover a token for its strength.

1. #1 peak

   the tree convert the wood into a sort of humus as they eat their way through the tree, creating debris that is soft

2. #2 peak

   and a few other tribes living in the plains of Assam unsuccessfully sought a separate Union Territory, a sort of state directly governed by federal government. In 1987, the B

3. #3 peak

   old school student with a⏎strong interest in mathematics.⏎This article gives an introduction to mathematical induction, a powerful method of mathematical proof.⏎An introduction to the sort of algebra studied at university, focussing on groups.⏎An introduction to some beautiful

4. #4 peak

   treat those caused by<|endoftext|>Anorexia may be a disorder more of the metabolism than the mind, according to a new paper that argues the disease is a sort of cousin of diabetes.⏎But this theory of anorexia as a fundamentally biological disorder

5. #5 peak

   back to society. . . .⏎Communitarianism cannot be classified as being left or right, and many claim to represent a sort of radical middle. Liberals in the American sense or social democrats in the European sense

6. #6 peak

   manner."⏎Every time I've seen some sort of backup / recovery plan fail, it's usually a valid fail - ure, meaning

Steering

Push this neuron up or down while the model writes, and watch what changes. The outputs were generated ahead of time, so nothing runs in your browser.

Most negative on

Where the activation went furthest below zero. Blue marks negative activation. Many neurons mean something different in each direction.

1. #1 peak

   four decades of newspaper opprobrium commenced. Over the years it has been blamed for poor mental health and numerous suicides and accidental deaths.⏎Today the government advice warns of the possibility of terrifying trips, vivid flashbacks and triggers for those susceptible to mental

2. #2 peak

   existence of the perverse or transgressive.⏎Paying particular attention to Stevenson’s descriptions of the city at night, discuss how Stevenson uses descriptive passages to evoke a mood of dread.⏎At various junctures in Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

3. #3 peak

   -access copy available on the SPIE Digital Library.<|endoftext|>Scientists at the University of Aberdeen are working to develop a system that could see smartphones used to warn epilepsy sufferers of the likelihood of a seizure before it happens.⏎Applied mathematicians from the University’s

4. #4 peak

   pretensions to a Syro-Palestinian hegemony.⏎Two more years of peace ensued, but in Ramses’ 11th year a new coalition of Libyan tribes infiltrated the western delta. Compelled to wage yet another war

Which neurons in earlier layers feed this one, and which later ones it feeds. Amber links excite, blue links suppress; longer bars are stronger.

Activation histogram

How often this neuron fires at each strength. Almost always it does close to nothing (the tall bars in the middle); the snippets above are the rare moments it fired hard, amber for positive and blue for negative.

Logit lens

The words this neuron nudges the model toward (amber) or away from (blue) when it fires. A hint, not a label: many neurons work through later layers instead.