https://latentmindsinstitute.com/ Research from an independent frontier AI research lab studying the hidden representations, computations, cognitive structures, and deployment dynamics of advanced AI systems. en Sat, 11 Jul 2026 08:44:29 GMT https://latentmindsinstitute.com/papers/gpu-credit-underwriting/ https://latentmindsinstitute.com/papers/gpu-credit-underwriting/ Sat, 01 Aug 2026 00:00:00 GMT Working paper · economics strand, How should lenders price credit risk on GPU-collateralised debt, and what does that market structure imply for compute dependence? Epistemic status: Analytical framework with illustrative models · not investment advice. https://latentmindsinstitute.com/instruments/latent-observatory/ https://latentmindsinstitute.com/instruments/latent-observatory/ Sat, 11 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT Interactive instrument, What has a sparse autoencoder actually learned about a model, and does the auto-interp story survive contact with the activation evidence? Epistemic status: Live model data via the open Neuronpedia API; explanations labelled as hypotheses. https://latentmindsinstitute.com/papers/evaluation-state/ https://latentmindsinstitute.com/papers/evaluation-state/ Fri, 10 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT Working paper, What evidence would show that a model represents evaluation as a shared internal state rather than reacting to surface cues? Epistemic status: Research programme · five hypotheses, experiments proposed, none run. https://latentmindsinstitute.com/instruments/transformer-explainer/ https://latentmindsinstitute.com/instruments/transformer-explainer/ Fri, 10 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT Interactive instrument · adaptation, What does a transformer's forward pass actually compute, step by step, on real input? Epistemic status: Adapted instrument · original by Cho et al., Georgia Tech Polo Club. https://latentmindsinstitute.com/papers/model-entrenchment/ https://latentmindsinstitute.com/papers/model-entrenchment/ Wed, 01 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT Working paper, When an AI system resists removal, where does the resistance live: in the model's internal representations and behaviour, or in the web of dependence around it? Epistemic status: Conceptual framework · experiments proposed, none run. https://latentmindsinstitute.com/instruments/interpretability-map/ https://latentmindsinstitute.com/instruments/interpretability-map/ Wed, 01 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT Research map · interactive instrument, What has mechanistic interpretability actually established, in what order, with what dependencies, and what should a new researcher do this week? Epistemic status: Literature synthesis · sources cited per node. https://latentmindsinstitute.com/papers/gpu-forward-market/ https://latentmindsinstitute.com/papers/gpu-forward-market/ Wed, 01 Jul 2026 00:00:00 GMT Working paper · economics strand, What would a functioning forward market for GPU compute look like, and what would it change about the economics of AI deployment? Epistemic status: Market-design proposal · conceptual.