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Concept ablation assumes that the target representation can be identified with good coverage and removed from every instance in which it occurs.
Tom McGrath · Designing How AI Grows — Tom McGrath · 2 Sep 2026
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“But the idea of like not allowed to use a representation sort of assumes that you have access,”
“you've got like good coverage of it.”
“And you've ablated every single instance in which it occurs.”28:33Report a misattribution
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