Inside the black box of AI: How AI models actually think | Emmanuel Ameisen (Anthropic)

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Emmanuel Ameisen of Anthropic discusses interpretability research, revealing how large language models plan, form general representations, and exhibit structures similar to conscious and unconscious processing. The conversation covers why anthropomorphizing AI can be useful, the concept of J space, and how interpretability connects to AI alignment. References Anthropic's research on tracing thoughts and global workspace, along with scaling laws.

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✓Emmanuel Ameisen from Anthropic explains how looking inside LLMs reveals their planning and thinking processes.
✓Models form general representations and plan multiple tokens ahead, challenging the next-token predictor framing.
✓Interpretability research at Anthropic suggests structural similarities to conscious/unconscious processing and connects to AI safety.

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