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concept:cross-layer-superposition

Cross-layer superposition

Representation of features spread across multiple layers, complicating dictionary learning.

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  • Superpositionconcept0.839
    Phenomenon where models represent more features than dimensions via almost-orthogonal directions.
  • Features smeared across layers cannot be fully disentangled by SAE on a single residual stream.
  • Core theoretical framework: neural networks represent more features than neurons by encoding features as directions in superposition
  • Theoretical model of how neural networks encode more features than dimensions, informing linear representation work.
  • The state in which a dialogue agent maintains multiple possible characters simultaneously, refined as the conversation proceeds
  • The phenomenon where the residual stream communicates many more features than its dimensionality by encoding information across overlapping subspaces
  • The more nuanced second metaphor: LLM as simulator maintaining a superposition of possible simulacra across a multiverse of characters
  • Specific phrases or sequences memorized via binary features in superposition, enabling narrow pattern matching despite few neurons