'only' in 'the only'

What this neuron does

This neuron reacts to the word 'only' when it comes right after 'the' or 'weren't the', as in 'the only person'. Turning it up made the model's writing repeat the word 'only' and similar phrasing, though the effect is loose.

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

   food diet is true to its name – most, if not all, foods need to be “raw”. This means dieters are prohibited from cooking food. The only allowed “cooking” is

2. #2 peak

   of Valois, although Henry hired a professional poet to do the actual writing.⏎By the 1700s, kings and dukes weren’t the only ones dispensing valentines. Each February 14, handwritten ‘Val

3. #3 peak

   connecting the satellite system to the backbone of land-based internet.⏎Reddit user andrew867 noted in his post that "Eastlink has direct access to the only viable dark fibre/wavelength service coming into the province from Nova Scotia. Zayo

4. #4 peak

   the Bronze Age, to ancient Alexandria and the founding of the Silver Throne - in one night. And in that single night, John and Jack will find that the only way to save their friend and stop the chaos destroying the world is to solve a

5. #5 peak

   Park?⏎The only person I know who has ever seen a snake in Central Park is the writer Roger

6. #6 peak

   been a peculiar battle. Both sides feel strongly on the matter, but even in the most crucial moments, there has been little uncontained anger. Indeed, the only thing that has been expended at all recklessly in the long fight has been talk

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

   her to the fence. Her head was held high, and she was blowing. I kept her there until she relaxed. I never did find out what was the matter. Maybe a deer? This is just one example of a horse spooking

2. #2 peak

   . Gates then used a computer at the University of Washington to produce the traffic flow charts. (Paul Allen's father was a librarian at UW.) This was the beginning of Traf-O-Data.⏎The next step was to build a device to

3. #3 peak

   they frequently used sunscreen, however, had 23% greater risk of multiple sunburns in the past year compared to people who said they seldom used the stuff.⏎Those who frequently sought shade and pulled on long sleeves, however, had about

4. #4 peak

   | Volume 25, Issue 1⏎That was the end of the campaigning in 1776. Washington went into winter quarters and

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.