the '6' in years like 196x

What this neuron does

This neuron fires on the digit 6 when it is the third digit of a year in the 1960s, such as 1966 or 1963. It is a narrow pattern for a specific digit in dates. Turning it up did not change the written text in a way that matches this.

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

   Israel?⏎One part of the wider Black Hebrew Israelite movement began arriving in Israel in the late 1960s, where they settled in the Negev Desert town of Dimona. There were tensions at first between Israeli authorities and

2. #2 peak

   943, 1949, 1955, 1959 and 1967.⏎ACT Government: Multi-layered online mapping, imagery and land information for

3. #3 peak

   of Dallas Medical Department.⏎1943-Moved to Houston.⏎1969-Given independent status.⏎1903-College of Pharmacy organized in

4. #4 peak

   the 1950s and 1960s, and the Free World’s desire to be more well-informed about

5. #5 peak

   will [reveal them] and they will lose their job,” she said.⏎Baby boomers, or those born between 1946 and 1964, are more vulnerable to the Hepatitis C virus.⏎No vaccine is available

6. #6 peak

   was a founder of Liberty Bank, the first black-owned bank in Seattle and was the first black president of the Church Council of Greater Seattle.⏎In 1966 McKinney founded and served as president and CEO of the Seattle Opportunity Industrialization

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

   latest USDA tests show we have much more work to do.”⏎EWG researchers analyzed annual pesticide residue tests conducted by the USDA and federal Food and Drug Administration

2. #2 peak

   eighth edition of its Shopper’s Guide to Pesticides in Produce with updated information on 45 popular fruits and vegetables and their total pesticide loads. EWG highlights the worst offenders with its new Dirty Dozen Plus list and the cleanest

3. #3 peak

   don’t like to eat food contaminated by pesticides,” said EWG president Ken Cook. “Our shopper’s guide to pesticides in produce gives consumers easy

4. #4 peak

   1957, Terence sent NIH his grant application:⏎Boylan's letter made its way to Ernest M. Allen, head of NIH's fledgling Division of Research Grants and one of the key architects of the agency's peer

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.