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Qwen3-0.6B

'recent' in time phrases

A neuron in layer 20 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 'recent' in phrases like 'in recent years' or 'in recent decades', and also on words that set up a time period such as 'the beginning of the' or 'over the past'. Its negative side fires on present-tense verbs like 'are' right after a plural noun. Turning it up did not give a clear theme in the sample text.

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

    SPLINTER⏎Institutions: Washington University School of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine.⏎As DNA sequencing technology has markedly advanced in recent years2⏎, it has become increasingly evident that the amount of genetic variation between

  2. #2 peak

    known) refers to more than just learning via computer. Edtech has existed in various forms for as long as education itself has been around. At the beginning of the 20th century, the pencil

  3. #3 peak

    but before that let us first see what the concept of augmented reality is all about . Augmented reality is a relatively new digital phenomenon that is brought about by the recent development in the field of technology and particularly mobile technology. In augmented reality the line

  4. #4 peak

    ology, Genome, and Implications for Therapy and Vaccines⏎September 29, 2021 - Vaccine Types and Their Effectiveness⏎The recent approval of the commercial growing of Golden Rice (GR) based on guidelines set by

  5. #5 peak

    before they’re around the first bend.⏎The tragedy of the opioid epidemic, which has killed hundreds of thousands of individuals over the past 20 years, has thrust addiction into the spotlight, forcing a consideration

  6. #6 peak

    experienced by non-LGBTQ residents, particularly in the Deep South and rural states with large conservative populations.⏎Although acceptance of LGBTQ rights and LGBTQ people has risen in recent decades — particularly dramatically among younger Americans — there has been an increase in reports of

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: I am being an employee of a company, and I am being using my company's employees are being being using their company's employees. I am being using a company that is already being used by everyone. I am using a company that is

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

    worldwide, accounting for 18% of global output.⏎Energy-intensive desalination plants have traditionally run on fossil fuels, but renewables, particularly solar power, are now beginning to play a part.⏎Around half the operating cost of a desal

  2. #2 peak

    for diagnostic tests⏎(Nanowerk News) Microfluidic devices, essentially miniaturized chemical laboratories etched into material similar to a microprocessor chip, are revolutionizing diagnostic medicine by providing a technology platform that is more sensitive and less expensive

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    1 | January 2003⏎this article for free.⏎The Next Plastic Revolution⏎Plugged-in polymers - from electronic paper to gene detectors - are on a roll.⏎By Michael Behar⏎You might mistake Alan Heeger

  4. #4 peak

    reason to be optimistic in this respect.<|endoftext|>Event: NYC is promising to revamp how students learn to read. What will it take?⏎This fall, changes are coming to New York City classrooms. Education department officials say they will require all elementary

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. L19:894 excites
  2. L17:2679 suppresses
  3. L19:554 suppresses subjects of conditional or advice clauses
  4. L19:1684 excites
  5. L17:1255 suppresses
  6. L17:1890 suppresses
  7. L19:2161 excites
  8. L15:2013 excites
  9. L18:2719 suppresses
  10. L18:1550 suppresses
  11. L17:2306 weakly excites
  12. L18:863 weakly excites
  13. L16:2932 weakly suppresses
  14. L19:2648 weakly excites
  15. L15:2724 weakly excites
  16. L10:864 weakly suppresses
  17. L17:2275 weakly excites
  18. L16:1006 weakly suppresses
  19. L4:2113 weakly suppresses
  20. L16:1992 weakly suppresses
  21. L11:2133 weakly suppresses
  22. L16:2301 weakly suppresses
  23. L2:2556 weakly excites
  24. L6:279 weakly suppresses

Feeds later layers

  1. L24:3019 strongly suppresses
  2. L22:1781 suppresses
  3. L25:1193 suppresses
  4. L23:1900 suppresses
  5. L23:1639 suppresses
  6. L21:2807 suppresses
  7. L21:3065 excites
  8. L21:1630 suppresses
  9. L21:2125 weakly suppresses
  10. L21:615 weakly suppresses
  11. L22:1727 weakly excites
  12. L26:2255 weakly suppresses
  13. L22:3001 weakly suppresses
  14. L23:1419 weakly suppresses
  15. L26:109 weakly excites
  16. L26:1093 weakly suppresses
  17. L25:2276 weakly suppresses
  18. L22:2477 weakly suppresses
  19. L27:1387 weakly suppresses
  20. L25:1035 weakly excites
  21. L23:537 weakly suppresses
  22. L23:1173 weakly excites
  23. L21:2903 weakly excites
  24. L24:1615 weakly suppresses

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.

1 values between -28.67 and -27.781 values between -20.61 and -19.711 values between -12.55 and -11.652 values between -10.76 and -9.861 values between -9.86 and -8.963 values between -8.96 and -8.072 values between -8.07 and -7.175 values between -7.17 and -6.286 values between -6.28 and -5.386 values between -5.38 and -4.4914 values between -4.49 and -3.5920 values between -3.59 and -2.6951 values between -2.69 and -1.8099 values between -1.80 and -0.901655 values between -0.90 and -0.011987 values between -0.01 and 0.8936 values between 0.89 and 1.799 values between 1.79 and 2.683 values between 2.68 and 3.583 values between 3.58 and 4.471 values between 4.47 and 5.371 values between 5.37 and 6.261 values between 6.26 and 7.16offnegativepositiveoften

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. 点了
  2. !,⏎
  3. tons
  4. !;⏎
  5. fell
  6. Nullable
  7. FOUNDATION
  8. destino
  9. fullPath
  10. QRS

Suppresses

  1. 正在
  2. 正
  3. 正在进行
  4. đang
  5. 个项目
  6. underway
  7. already
  8. 正处于
  9. 目前正在
  10. current