Exploration of a DNA Sequencing Basecaller using Activation Patching

This write-up for an undergraduate project is my first LW post, made with the objective of a) gathering feedback on the project and post, if more experienced authors are willing, and b) sending out results of a mech-interp-on-a-non-LLM (specifically, DNA basecaller) exploration in case the idea is interesting to anyone. Apologies in advance for any inconveniences and mistakes, and thank you in advance for your understanding.SummaryAs a first AI Safety/mech interp learning project, I tried applyi...