š AI Deep Dive Episode 5: Can We See Inside an AIās Mind?
AI can write down its reasoning. But what happens when more of its thinking never makes it onto the page?
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@GoodfireAI co-founder and chief scientist Tom McGrath explore what AI ābrain scansā can reveal beyond written reasoning, how internal signals could help catch cheating, and what it would take to understandāand changeāwhat models learn.
00:00 Intro
00:39 Tom McGrath and AI brain scans
09:01 Written reasoning and hidden computation
17:45 Why AI is hard to understand
24:07 How researchers identify concepts
31:10 What interpretability could change
34:42 Reverse engineering a language model
43:09 The fieldās approaches and investment
51:51 Changing models without hiding problems
1:00:10 AI agents studying AI