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Week 12Mechanistic interpretability, robustness, and research literacy

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Research Track (S10 Interpretability, Days 67–70) & Vulnerability Analysis Track (S12 CVEs/Teardowns, Days 71–72)
Interview focus · 2 h/day outside the 555
Explaining correlation vs. causal intervention in interpretability, why activation patching doesn't replace application security, and how to analyze real-world AI CVEs.

This week

6 study days
  1. Day 67Reproduce a documented logit-lens experiment
    S10
  2. Day 68Activation Patching Experiment
    S10
  3. Day 69Study alignment, sycophancy, refusal robustness, and behavioral…
    S10
  4. Day 70Write a short reproducibility report
    S10
  5. Day 71Public AI CVE Selection & Analysis
    S12
  6. Day 72Write a vulnerability report with severity rationale
    S12