gender and race in lists of identities

What this neuron does

This neuron fires on the word that names a group of people, especially in lists like race, gender, religion or nationality. When it is turned up, the model's writing drifts away from the topic and does not stay on a clear theme.

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

   minorities has a long and storied history. Organizations that strive for equality for all races, genders, and religions can trace their origins back to a small gathering in upstate New

2. #2 peak

   inherently entitled. It is essentially an acknowledgment that we should remember and understand the value of each human being, regardless of their nationality, color, race, sex, gender, country of origin, language, or otherwise.⏎As the world becomes more and

3. #3 peak

   .⏎- Excessive screen time is linked to lower grades in school, reading fewer books, exercising less, and being overweight.⏎- Violence, sexuality, race and gender stereotypes, drug and alcohol abuse are common themes of television, movie and video games

4. #4 peak

   experiences, rationality, other people, race, gender, socio-economic status, ethnicity, and religion?⏎- Are they conscious of themselves

5. #5 peak

   across race/ethnicity subgroups between and within states when life expectancy was examined by race/ethnicity

6. #6 peak

   on their race, ethnic background, citizenship status or national origin. This includes people of all races and ethnicities.⏎California law prohibits discrimination based on an individual’s gender, including transgender and non-binary individuals. Gender identity and gender expression are also protected

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

   ,” the DG stated.⏎“The Delta strain is spreading like wildfire over the world, causing a new surge in cases and deaths.⏎“However, not everyone is suffering equally; we are

2. #2 peak

   without a usual source of medical care were less likely to be screened for tobacco use and receive advice to quit.⏎Members of several racial and ethnic minority populations bear a disproportionate share of the adverse health consequences of tobacco use. There is strong evidence that interventions

3. #3 peak

   . Kathleen Cravero, deputy executive director of UNAIDS, and Ambassador George Moose, former assistant secretary of state for African affairs, shed light on the disproportionate impact HIV/AIDS has had on women in developed and developing countries. The second briefing

4. #4 peak

   little to salvage for homeowners caught in harm's way.⏎Climate change will disproportionately affect California’s most disadvantaged and isolated communities, according to a recent report from the

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.