# Mechanistic Interpretability — Inside the Model · AtomEons Atlas

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## Description

Mechanistic interpretability is the research program of reverse-engineering trained neural networks into human-readable circuits and features. Anthropic, DeepMind, and the academic interp community use it to audit safety, find deception, and explain model behavior at the level of weights.

## Headings

- Mechanistic Interpretability — Inside the Model
- What it is
- How it actually works
- Receipts
- What practitioners do with it
- What it is NOT

## Body

§ Atlas · AI safety + interpretability

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