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Mechanistic Tomography: Designed Measurement for Control-Oriented Interpretability

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arXiv:2608. 19338v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Mechanistic interpretability seeks quantities that models do not expose directly: represented states, component effects, interactions, and responses to interventions.

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