neelsomani/symbolic-circuit-distillation

Automatically extract executable programs from pruned mechanistic circuits, extending OpenAI's Sparse Circuits

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This project helps AI researchers understand the internal workings of small, specialized AI models by translating their complex 'neural circuits' into simple, human-readable computer programs. It takes a pruned circuit (like a diagram of interconnected neurons) as input and outputs a verified, executable algorithm. This tool is for scientists in mechanistic interpretability who are trying to pinpoint how AI models perform specific tasks.

Use this if you are an AI interpretability researcher trying to automatically translate a small, focused neural circuit from a transformer model into a clear, verifiable algorithm.

Not ideal if you are trying to interpret the full-scale behavior of a large language model or if you are not working with isolated, algorithmic circuits.

AI interpretability mechanistic interpretability transformer analysis algorithmic understanding AI safety
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Apache-2.0

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Nov 23, 2025

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