# Bad Influence story: Neuron Lens adds circuit visualization for tracing activation flow

Active · 1 article · 1 source · First reported 11-12 00:54. Times are ET.
Story page: https://badinfluence.news/story/e3f54918-75d7-42f0-963f-a9c958312f1f

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Latest update (11-12 00:54): roon says circuit-level interpretability tools may beat CoT monitoring

Overview: Neuron Lens, a neuron-level interpretability tool by @_a9lim, now shows circuits and traces how activations flow across features, according to its developer's post linking to neuron-lens.com. The developer announced the update on X.

Researcher roon (@tszzl) says circuit-level interpretability tools may beat chain-of-thought monitoring and produce better lenses than blind reconstructions. The post links to Neuron Lens as an example, and the claim is roon's opinion, not a tested result.

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1. 11-12 00:54 · roon · [roon says circuit-level interpretability tools may beat CoT monitoring](https://badinfluence.news/items/u0aztwxqv4psd8u8sq0xpvuru)
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