first digit of a year like 2020

What this neuron does

This neuron responds to the first digit of a year, mostly the "2" in 2000s dates such as 2020 or 2017. It is weaker on the leading digit of other measurements. When turned up, the model's output changed topic and became more ordinary prose, while turning it down made the output a string of zeros.

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

   change. Even by California standards; it’s ambitious, calling for a 36% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions from 2005 levels by 2020 (statewide emissions decreased 5.3% between 2

2. #2 peak

   Solution : Proposed by UN⏎- India’s take on it⏎Reasons of Conflict:⏎- The renewed violence in the region started on May 6, 2021 when Palestinians protested against an anticipated decision of the Israeli Supreme Court over

3. #3 peak

   3(3), pages 315-320.⏎- Angus Deaton & Olivier Dupriez, 2011.⏎"Purchasing Power Parity Exchange Rates for the Global Poor

4. #4 peak

   the issue by modifying the ALA<|endoftext|>Note: I published a previous version of this article on The Change Blog (now called Possibility of Change) in 2011.⏎What is life? Is it the state of physical existence,

5. #5 peak

   sur l’évolution des charges et produits de l’Assurance Maladie au titre de 2014 (loi du 13 août 20

6. #6 peak

   requirements of the PCI Security Standards Council. Outdated browsers do not support the requirements of modern web applications and pose significant security risks. After May 1, 2017, this browser will no longer be supported and you may experience issues

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

   36 short tons)|⏎|Length:||205 ft (62.48 m)o/a|⏎|Beam:||33 ft (10.06 m)|⏎|Draught:||11.

2. #2 peak

   New York factory, which was a one-piece brass measuring 33.5 meters (109’) tall. This flagpole is still the tallest in service at An

3. #3 peak

   500 UTC (11:00 a.m), Humberto had weakened to tropical storm status, with maximum sustained winds of 65 mph (105 km/h).⏎On September 14, Humberto had reached post

4. #4 peak

   gent plate margin between the African Plate and the Eurasian Plate. It is the tallest active volcano in Europe, currently standing 3,329 m (10,922 ft) high, though this varies with summit eruptions

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.