“Mech Interp Wiki Page and Why You Should Edit Wikipedia” by Noah Birnbaum, JoNeedsSleep
TL;DR:
A couple months ago, we (Jo and Noah) wrote the first Wikipedia article on Mechanistic Interpretability. It was oddly missing despite Mech Interp's visibility in alignment circles. We think Wikipedia is a top-of-funnel resource for journalists, policy staffers, and curious students, so filling that gap is cheap field-building. Seeing that the gap existed in one of the most important subfields in AIS, we suspect that there are probably many others. Below, we (1) flag the most important upgrades the Mech Interp page still needs, (2) list other alignment / EA topics that are currently stubs or red-links, and (3) share quick heuristics for editing without tripping Wikipedia's notability or neutrality rules. If you know the literature, an afternoon of edits may be surprisingly high-impact.
PS: We also think that there existing a wiki page for the field that one is working in increases one's credibility to outsiders [...]
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Outline:
(01:19) Wikipedia pages worth (re)writing
(02:10) Wikipedia Tips
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First published:
August 12th, 2025
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