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Interpreting attention head outputs with NLAs.

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A LessWrong post discusses using natural language autoencoders as a way to interpret the internal workings of large language models, including attention head outputs.

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“Natural language autoencoders are pretty interesting; I'm a big fan of using meta-models to interpret what's going on inside LLMs and NLAs seem like a promising route to understanding them better.”
LessWrong, 30 Oct 2026, 02:09.

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