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+ task_categories:
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+ - image-feature-extraction
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+ tags:
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+ - interpretability
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+ - vision-transformer
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+ - sparse-autoencoders
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+ - mechanistic-interpretability
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+ # ViSAE: Neuroscience-Motivated Probing Suite
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+ This dataset is part of the **ViSAE** toolbox, presented in the paper [Inside the Visual Mind: Neuroscience-Motivated Concept Circuits for Interpreting and Steering Vision Transformers](https://huggingface.co/papers/2606.06664) (ICML 2026).
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+ ViSAE is a mechanistic interpretability toolbox designed to decompose Vision Transformer (ViT) representations into human-interpretable concepts using Sparse Autoencoders (SAEs).
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+ - **GitHub Repository:** [deep-real/ViSAE](https://github.com/deep-real/ViSAE)
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+ - **Project Page:** [https://tangli0305.github.io/](https://tangli0305.github.io/)
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+ ## Dataset Summary
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+ The probing suite consists of:
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+ 1. **Probing Image Set:** 64,000 images designed for SAE training, optimized for high concept coverage (20x more efficient than ImageNet).
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+ 2. **Concept Set:** A 16,000 visually grounded concept vocabulary for SAE feature interpretation (available in the GitHub repository).
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+ ## Usage
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+ To use this dataset for training SAEs or tracing concept circuits, please refer to the official [GitHub repository](https://github.com/deep-real/ViSAE) for the implementation details, including:
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+ - Extracting intermediate representations from ViTs.
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+ - Training SAEs for each ViT layer.
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+ - Mapping learned features to concepts using CLIP.
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+ ## Citation
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+ ```bibtex
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+ @inproceedings{li2026visae,
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+ title={Inside the Visual Mind: Neuroscience-Motivated Concept Circuits for Interpreting and Steering Vision Transformers},
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+ author={Li, Tang and Chen, Yanlin and Ma, Mengmeng and Peng, Xi},
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+ booktitle={Proceedings of the International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML)},
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+ year={2026}
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+ }
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+ ```