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    Safety, alignment & interpretability· essay· 2020

    Zoom In: An Introduction to Circuits

    Chris Olah (first author) · 2020

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    DOI 10.23915/distill.00024.001OpenAlex W3010694149

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    Why it matters

    Established circuit-level analysis as a research program for understanding learned neural computations.

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    First released
    2020 (from OpenAlex)
    Citations
    287 citations, as counted by OpenAlex (CC0)
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    Editor's notes

    • Classed as essay: An introductory Distill essay that sets out the circuits research programme. (AI draft (Claude), not yet reviewed, 2026-10-29)

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