"however" as a mid-sentence aside

What this neuron does

This neuron lights up on the word "however" when it sits inside a sentence, set off by commas after a subject or phrase, like "Ants, however, are attracted". It was quiet on other words, and changing it did not produce a clear shared theme in the generated 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

   risk of birth defects and intellectual impairments. Alcohol also contributes to death and disability through accidents and injuries, assault, violence, homicide and suicide. It is, however, one of the

2. #2 peak

   workers to be able to operate tractors and other farm machinery would be increased from 20 hours to 90 hours. Children enrolled in the program, however, could

3. #3 peak

   idacloprid when caring for the gardenia.⏎A heavy sooty mold infestation may infect the whitefly or its larvae. Ants, however, are attracted

4. #4 peak

   the Kennedy-Johnson administrations thought about nuclear war and nuclear weapons use in European and intercontinental military operations. The theater and strategic war plans that they approved, however, remain classified. Yet, basic planning concepts and nuclear targeting options in U.S

5. #5 peak

   actively in the circle of expatriate modernists that included luminaries such as Gertrude Stein, Ezra Pound, and Ernest Hemingway. Fitzgerald, however, did not participate in the experiments of style and form that characterized most of the

6. #6 peak

   of California, Los Angeles, who was not involved in the research. “And it does provide some evidence for a potential mechanism of treatment.”⏎Some researchers caution, however, that the findings

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

   professional health advice. This content does not provide dosage information, format recommendations, toxicity levels, or possible interactions with prescription drugs. Accordingly, this information should be used only under the

2. #2 peak

   of new digital content poses a real challenge for archivists. Hard disks are expensive and require a constant supply of electricity, while even the best 'no-power' archiving materials such as magnetic tape degrade within a decade. This is a growing

3. #3 peak

   tight budget. In several places, the ceiling lets through water from the grey Rhode Island sky.⏎The youngest group of children at Federal Hill

4. #4 peak

   , looking for ideas that, for whatever reason, resonate with you?⏎Will you resist distraction while you read this? Or are you likely to have your attention pulled away - to jump to another open tab, or simply switch your focus to what’s

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.