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finding:steering-along-activation-manifold-m-h-yields-behavioral-trajectories-that-follow-behavior-manifold-m-y-while-linear-steering-cuts-through-off-manifold-regions-and-produces-unnatural-outputsSteering along activation manifold M_h yields behavioral trajectories that follow behavior manifold M_y, while linear steering cuts through off-manifold regions and produces unnatural outputs.
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- Geometry in neural representation is not merely incidental, but is in fact the proper object for enabling principled control via intervention on internals.(claim)
- Neural representation geometry causally shapes behavior; interventions respecting that geometry will yield natural trajectories.(hypothesis)
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