Lenny's Newsletter · 18 October 2026

Inside the black box of AI: How AI models actually think | Emmanuel Ameisen (Anthropic)

Lenny Rachitsky

Anthropic interpretability researcher Emmanuel Ameisen discusses how LLMs actually think—revealing they form general concepts, plan ahead without stating plans, and exhibit structures analogous to conscious/unconscious processing in humans.

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Topics: AI Infrastructure

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