LLMs are not superhuman at reading and writing neural network weights (seangoedecke.com)
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pera Nov 3, 2026 | on: Astra can read and write weights to improve Qwen | context

I think this other submission from yesterday that visualised the examples was quite helpful:

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50344861

phoghed Nov 3, 2026 | on: The 'Astra can read and write weights to improve Qwen' post… | context

Wasn’t all that obvious to anyone who read the original post when they got to the section that explicitly explained what the author of this post is now summarizing?

Sure if you only read the title and brief at the top you’d walk away without the full picture though.

This is a better response imo: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50344861