"as" in "it seems as if" phrases

What this neuron does

This neuron fires on the word "as" when it starts a comparison like "it seems as if" or "it felt as though", the word that sets up an imagined or perceived comparison. When it was turned up, the model drifted into rambling, hesitant sentences about things that seem or feel a certain way.

Written by Claude from this neuron's activations and steering outputs. Confidence: high. 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

   his book:⏎The two entities that were supposed to write the regulations, the Pay Board and the Price Commission, wrangled and dithered. When it looked as though they were going to miss a crucial deadline

2. #2 peak

   (the form is at the bottom of the page).⏎Esther – Day 3⏎Xerxes wanted to show off his beautiful wife! But it seems as though he did not give her too much thought until he had drunk too much!

3. #3 peak

   Frankenstein’s monster, consisting of two identical M1 Max chips bolted together using a silicon interface that serves as a bridge. This clever design makes it seem as if the conjoined chips are in fact just

4. #4 peak

   because there is seldom just one. In the beginning, actinic keratoses are frequently so small that they are recognized by touch rather than sight. It feels as if you were running a finger over sandpaper. There are many times the number

5. #5 peak

   y⏎May 27, 2012⏎When the last American astronauts blasted off from the Moon in 1972, it seemed as if they were leaving behind monuments that would stand for all time. On a life

6. #6 peak

   for she was lovely to look at.⏎As the story continues, pride creeps in.⏎Xerxes wanted to show off his beautiful wife! But it seems as though he didn’t give her too much thought until he had drunk too much!⏎

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

   typical limited partnership agreement may provide that a majority vote of the limited partners is necessary for the sale of assets or to remove a general partner. The partnership agreement determines whether the limited partners can vote on these matters.⏎If a limited partner assumes an active

2. #2 peak

   populate our lives and inform our perceptions of the world. Explore these questions according to the expressions of artists from all over the world. Go beyond Western art to consider where art comes from and how it impacts all of us.⏎Contributors to this open

3. #3 peak

   ethical caesura in the history of Europe, but there is no consensus when it comes to interpreting it. Some historians trace its origin to Hitler’s radical antis

4. #4 peak

   . For example, a lake may have a good density of crappie, but few fish over 10 inches. The Preferred Rating tells an angler where to go to for a chance to catch

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.