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Early methods for finding structure in model representations selected concepts expected to be structured, such as days of the week, and projected their data, for example with PCA.
Tom McGrath · Designing How AI Grows — Tom McGrath · 2 Sept 2026
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“The sort of the earliest thing to do was start with concepts you think should have structure,”
“like days of the week, and kind of just put in data corresponding to these and project it out,”
“do a PCA, I think.”Play from 57:34Report a misattribution
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