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Qwen3-0.6B

'a' before few or variety

A neuron in layer 24 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 lights up on the word 'a' when it comes right before a quantity phrase like 'a few', 'a variety' or 'a host', as in 'There are a few ways'. Turning it up made the model get stuck repeating 'a number', which fits the same counting idea.

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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

    be light brown or grayish in color and have a smooth, almost powdery texture.⏎If you find that your compost pile is not finishing, there are a few things you can do to speed up the process. One is to turn the

  2. #2 peak

    of specialists, but all will be able to diagnose and recommend treatment for TMJ.⏎How Are Temporomandibular Joint Disorders Treated?⏎There are a variety of treatment options for TMJ disorder, including physical therapy and surgery. Physical

  3. #3 peak

    less than younger individuals, losing your appetite altogether could be a sign of a more serious medical condition.⏎What Causes Loss of Appetite in Seniors?⏎There are a variety of reasons why seniors may have decreased appetites. The non-medical causes

  4. #4 peak

    sleep hygiene. Read on to learn more.⏎Negative Effects of Poor Sleep⏎Aside from feeling cranky, tired and generally out of sorts, sleep deprivation can cause a host of physical issues. Loss of sleep can affect everything from short-term memory to

  5. #5 peak

    OCT scan of the eye, your doctor can detect signs of elevation, fluid accumulation, scarring, or membrane formation.⏎Treatment for retinal disease:⏎There are a variety of<|endoftext|>In the early 90s hip-hop artist Doug E.

  6. #6 peak

    , which was previously not desirable, is now often intentionally recreated during post-processing with software like Photoshop.⏎How to Create a Vignette in Photoshop⏎There are a few ways to create a vignette in Photoshop but there are a few bits 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: the interest interest interest interest interest interest interest interest interest interest interest interest interest interest interest interest interest interest interest interest interest interest interest interest interest interest interest interest interest interest interest interest interest interest interest interest interest interest interest interest interest interest interest interest interest interest interest

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

    response shaping to prevent Alzheimer's-related pathologies and memory deficits," said William Bowers, associate professor of neurology and of microbiology and immunology at the Medical Center and lead author of the article. "The vaccinated mice not only performed better

  2. #2 peak

    0 – 14 August 1958) was a French physicist, who shared the 1935 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with his wife Irène Joliot-Curie for the discovery of artificial radioactivity.⏎|

  3. #3 peak

    comprehensive review of literature on air pollution and its relationship to cardiovascular diseases. The resulting scientific statement, which appears in the current issue of Circulation: Journal of the American Heart Association, concludes that air pollution is a serious public health threat and contributes to

  4. #4 peak

    unconstitutional infringement on “liberty of contract” in a 5-4 decision.⏎Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr, dissenter in the case, and Roscoe Pound (Dean of Harvard Law School), expressed views around the time that were termed

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. L19:2727 excites
  2. L19:2841 suppresses
  3. L21:822 suppresses
  4. L23:96 excites
  5. L23:1123 suppresses
  6. L19:2492 excites "one of" before a group
  7. L23:973 excites
  8. L23:888 suppresses
  9. L23:645 excites
  10. L23:455 excites
  11. L22:784 suppresses
  12. L3:102 suppresses
  13. L18:1473 suppresses
  14. L17:1510 weakly excites
  15. L18:1895 weakly suppresses
  16. L23:27 weakly excites
  17. L23:485 weakly excites
  18. L20:996 weakly suppresses
  19. L21:1647 weakly excites
  20. L19:1748 weakly suppresses
  21. L12:1532 weakly suppresses
  22. L10:58 weakly suppresses
  23. L19:1935 weakly excites
  24. L22:825 weakly suppresses 'for' before a span of time

Feeds later layers

  1. L27:974 strongly excites
  2. L26:861 strongly excites
  3. L25:1679 excites
  4. L27:797 excites
  5. L26:2152 weakly excites
  6. L25:646 weakly excites measurement words before a value
  7. L27:2140 weakly excites
  8. L27:709 weakly excites
  9. L27:231 weakly suppresses
  10. L25:1586 weakly excites
  11. L27:663 weakly excites
  12. L26:2323 weakly excites
  13. L26:2757 weakly excites
  14. L25:45 weakly suppresses
  15. L26:2742 weakly excites
  16. L26:484 weakly excites
  17. L25:1932 weakly excites
  18. L25:1300 weakly suppresses
  19. L26:855 weakly excites
  20. L25:886 weakly excites
  21. L27:1479 weakly excites
  22. L25:2789 weakly suppresses
  23. L27:1555 weakly excites
  24. L26:1060 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 -16.30 and -15.221 values between -8.78 and -7.711 values between -7.71 and -6.641 values between -6.64 and -5.562 values between -5.56 and -4.493 values between -4.49 and -3.425 values between -3.42 and -2.3425 values between -2.34 and -1.27908 values between -1.27 and -0.202746 values between -0.20 and 0.88100 values between 0.88 and 1.9524 values between 1.95 and 3.0319 values between 3.03 and 4.1011 values between 4.10 and 5.176 values between 5.17 and 6.256 values between 6.25 and 7.329 values between 7.32 and 8.398 values between 8.39 and 9.475 values between 9.47 and 10.541 values between 10.54 and 11.615 values between 11.61 and 12.696 values between 12.69 and 13.762 values between 13.76 and 14.831 values between 15.91 and 16.981 values between 16.98 and 18.052 values between 19.13 and 20.201 values between 20.20 and 21.274 values between 22.35 and 23.422 values between 23.42 and 24.491 values between 24.49 and 25.571 values between 25.57 and 26.64offnegativepositiveoften

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. number
  2. number
  3. 数
  4. Number
  5. _number
  6. Number
  7. (number
  8. →number
  9. .number
  10. -number

Suppresses

  1. xico
  2. idge
  3. ooter
  4. ENTE
  5. iston
  6. acle
  7. BEGIN
  8. SON
  9. .createClass
  10. otos