Modular Cognitive Architecture Emerges in Large Language Models
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Pengrui Han, Jacob Andreas, Evelina Fedorenko, Andrea Gregor de Varda
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Pengrui Han, Jacob Andreas, Evelina Fedorenko, Andrea Gregor de Varda
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Why it matters
If task families recruit distinct neuron populations, that is a handle for interpretability work, targeted editing, and reasoning about which capabilities interfere. It reframes model internals as modular rather than uniformly entangled.