superlatives like 'largest' and 'first'

What this neuron does

This neuron lights up on words that single out something as the top example, like 'largest', 'biggest', 'first' and 'most', especially after phrases like 'one of the' or 'the very'. Turning it up made the model drift into unrelated, repetitive text, so the clearest evidence is in the examples themselves.

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

   all men. Prostate cancer remains an important public health concern in Western countries and an emerging malignancy in developing nations, and preceded only by Lung cancer, Prostate cancer is the leading cause of cancer death among men. According to the American Cancer

2. #2 peak

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3. #3 peak

   responsible for 17 percent of the protein we consume<|endoftext|>The first non-stop trans-Atlantic flight⏎THE VERY FIRST NON-STOP TRANS-ATLANTIC FLIGHT⏎Note: The U

4. #4 peak

   times the chance of developing PD. This increased risk is most likely because of a combination of environmental and genetic factors.⏎Environmental causes are being researched and the strong consistent findings are that rural living, exposure to well water, and exposure

5. #5 peak

   250 tons of steel and 4,000 panes of glass. The dome spans over 200 feet and is one of the largest free-spanning domes in the world.⏎Despite its grandeur, the hotel

6. #6 peak

   July 10 and July 12, a massive iceberg broke off from Antarctica’s Larsen C Ice Shelf and it is considered to be one of the biggest icebergs that have ever been observed. The area of the iceberg spreads over

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 evidence to fit with the preconceived views and aspirations of their supporters, as well as their own existing political mantras. To some, evidence becomes nothing more than any “fact” (whether true or not) that can be used to

2. #2 peak

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3. #3 peak

   and the glory of the Lord shone around them, and they were filled with great fear. 10 And the angel said to them, “Fear not, for behold, I bring you good news of

4. #4 peak

   Some philosophers who reject this metaphysical view have swung in the other direction and rejected the idea of the self altogether. David Hume said that the self is nothing more than a bundle of perceptions, and Daniel Dennett dismissed the self as merely a

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.