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Qwen3-0.6B

'the' before study or journal names

A neuron in layer 16 of Qwen3-0.6B. Its strongest snippets are very consistent: they mostly peak on the same token. It is featured, so it has steering outputs.

What this neuron does

This neuron fires on the word 'the' in news sentences about research, such as 'published in the journal' or 'a study by the'. It is weaker and less clear on the negative side, where 'the' comes after verbs like 'took' or 'do'. Turning it up made the model drift into loops about nations or a repeated phrase.

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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

    chocolate may ease depressive symptoms and have a positive effect on mood, according to a new study led by University College London (UCL).⏎The study, published in the journal Depression and Anxiety, looked at whether different types of chocolate might be linked to

  2. #2 peak

    to lower risk of death⏎Diets high in protein, particularly plant protein, are associated with a lower risk of death from any cause, finds an analysis of the latest evidence published by The BMJ today. ...continue reading "Diets High

  3. #3 peak

    that there are also long term repercussions,” said Silje Steinsbekk, study author and associate professor and psychologist at NTNU.⏎This research is published in the Journal of Developmental & Behavioral Pediatrics.⏎Previous news in sleep:<|endoftext|>In the

  4. #4 peak

    and aids. The study, published in the May issue of the American Journal of Preventive Medicine, also finds men and those

  5. #5 peak

    nicotine than their labels show. Or much less.⏎That's the finding of a new study by the Salt Lake County Health Department and the Center for Human Toxicology at the University of

  6. #6 peak

    role of cosmic chemistry in the Universe.<|endoftext|>A recent study found that mice that ate more cinnamon got better and faster at learning. In the study, published in the Journal of Neuroimmune Pharmacology in 2016, separated mice into

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.

turned down a lot
Prompt

Here is something I have been thinking about lately: For all $ a_n = a_{1}^{1 + \alpha_{1}^{1} + \alpha_{1}^{2} + \cdots +_{1}^{_{1} +_{1}^{1

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

    and it was still supposed to be a kind of “Fußball“. My guess is, though, that the limited mobility of the mannikins simply took the fun out of it for me.⏎My first encounter<|endoftext|>

  2. #2 peak

    35-6.) Back.<|endoftext|>I’m all for brain teasing toys but I never had a knack for them. I blame my parents. Don’t make the same mistake and get your kids an OBLO – a 3D didactic

  3. #3 peak

    's lithosphere," he said. "But when we calculate the forces available from plate tectonics, we find that they are not large enough to do the job. We know that continents break apart and have done so repeatedly in the geological

  4. #4 peak

    as a waste of time and energy.⏎So the strategy changes: evacuate the vulnerable, the impossible to defend. Defend that which can be defended, wait for the fire to burn itself out and pray for rain.⏎It seems to be the same

Connections

Show on map

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

Fed by earlier layers

  1. L11:1168 excites
  2. L10:1377 suppresses
  3. L4:52 excites
  4. L9:24 excites "the" before a named organisation or title
  5. L9:662 suppresses
  6. L10:120 suppresses
  7. L10:1644 excites
  8. L3:344 excites
  9. L9:2198 excites
  10. L4:73 suppresses
  11. L2:205 excites
  12. L15:888 excites
  13. L6:61 suppresses
  14. L4:392 suppresses
  15. L2:1390 suppresses
  16. L2:1439 excites
  17. L12:435 suppresses
  18. L14:254 excites
  19. L1:59 excites 'the' after a verb or preposition
  20. L9:1811 excites
  21. L1:740 suppresses
  22. L5:493 excites
  23. L3:291 excites
  24. L9:227 excites

Feeds later layers

  1. L22:501 weakly suppresses
  2. L17:2222 weakly excites
  3. L20:514 weakly excites
  4. L24:166 weakly excites
  5. L27:854 weakly suppresses
  6. L19:162 weakly suppresses
  7. L17:2236 weakly excites
  8. L18:2520 weakly suppresses
  9. L17:1008 weakly excites
  10. L20:1246 weakly excites
  11. L19:866 weakly suppresses
  12. L27:2146 weakly suppresses
  13. L21:930 weakly excites
  14. L25:2438 weakly excites
  15. L18:1334 weakly excites
  16. L22:340 weakly suppresses
  17. L18:2569 weakly suppresses
  18. L17:1907 weakly excites
  19. L19:2109 weakly excites
  20. L19:1384 weakly suppresses
  21. L24:364 weakly suppresses 'at' in 'at least' and 'most' or 'least' qualifiers
  22. L21:229 weakly suppresses
  23. L24:839 weakly excites
  24. L24:327 weakly excites

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.

2 values between -6.57 and -6.221 values between -6.22 and -5.882 values between -5.88 and -5.532 values between -5.53 and -5.196 values between -4.84 and -4.498 values between -4.49 and -4.153 values between -4.15 and -3.805 values between -3.80 and -3.465 values between -3.46 and -3.116 values between -3.11 and -2.7611 values between -2.76 and -2.4215 values between -2.42 and -2.0720 values between -2.07 and -1.7327 values between -1.73 and -1.3840 values between -1.38 and -1.0351 values between -1.03 and -0.69167 values between -0.69 and -0.341518 values between -0.34 and 0.001639 values between 0.00 and 0.35281 values between 0.35 and 0.7043 values between 0.70 and 1.0410 values between 1.04 and 1.397 values between 1.39 and 1.7311 values between 1.73 and 2.084 values between 2.08 and 2.433 values between 2.43 and 2.774 values between 2.77 and 3.123 values between 3.12 and 3.464 values between 3.46 and 3.811 values between 3.81 and 4.161 values between 4.16 and 4.504 values between 4.50 and 4.852 values between 4.85 and 5.191 values between 5.89 and 6.231 values between 6.92 and 7.27offnegativepositiveoften

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.

Promotes

  1. ickers
  2. eted
  3. mer
  4. атур
  5. lette
  6. 以致
  7. hung
  8. oured
  9. istung
  10. acher

Suppresses

  1. stroy
  2. 诃
  3. BIN
  4. sts
  5. 讪
  6. ãi
  7. AMA
  8. OI
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  10. defaultProps