arXiv AI
Sep 2

S^3martCirc: Self-supervised Smart Circuit Discovery

S^3martCirc is a self‑supervised framework that jointly discovers and interprets neural circuits in large language models, rather than treating circuit discovery and functional interpretation as separate stages. It abstracts node behavior into two general computational roles that generalize across tasks and introduces a quantitative metric for assigning these roles, enabling simultaneous identification of importance and function. Experiments demonstrate that S^3martCirc outperforms existing methods in circuit discovery.

By Wendy Zheng, Yinhan He, Liang Wu, Jundong Li
arXiv AI
Aug 26

Mechanistic Circuit Identification for Controllable Data Generation

The paper introduces a circuit‑grounded framework that links training‑dynamics‑based data valuation with mechanistic interpretability. It defines data quality along learnability, challenge, and alignment, identifies internal model circuits that control these utilities, and uses them as controllable interfaces for data generation. The authors present SAMS, a stage‑aware scheduling method that steers circuit‑guided data to match the model’s evolving optimization needs, achieving more diverse and effective data than prompt‑based baselines on multiple‑choice QA tasks.

By Nakyung Lee, Sangwoo Hong, Jungwoo Lee