Preprint · 2026
The Story is Not the Science: Execution-Grounded Evaluation of Mechanistic Interpretability Research
| Venue | arXiv |
|---|---|
| URL | https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.18458 |
| Topics | ReplicHAI / Agentic reproduction: systems & benchmarks |
| Tags | replichai |
| archiveID | arXiv:2602.18458 |
| citationKey | bai2026storynotscience |
| libraryCatalog | background/agentic-systems/refs.bib |
BibTeX
@misc{bai2026storynotscience,
title = {The {Story} is {Not} the {Science}: {Execution}-{Grounded} {Evaluation} of {Mechanistic} {Interpretability} {Research}},
url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/2602.18458},
publisher = {arXiv},
author = {Bai, Xiaoyan and Baumgartner, Alexander and Sun, Haojia and Holtzman, Ari and Tan, Chenhao},
year = {2026},
keywords = {replichai},
}