Understanding Neural Nets: Mechanical Interpretation w/ Goodfire CEO Eric HO #ai #machinelearning
Sequoia Capitalยท2025-07-08 18:44
Feasibility of Understanding Large Language Models - The field of mechanistic interpretability has a significant advantage due to perfect access to neurons, parameters, weights, and attention patterns in neural networks [1] - Understanding large language models is deeply necessary and critical for the future [2] - Establishing a norm to explain a percentage of the network by reconstructing it and extracting its concepts and features is crucial [2] Approaches to Understanding - Progress can be made by trying to understand all aspects of the network [2] - A baseline rudimentary understanding can be used to improve and understand more of the network [3]