importantSYS.SOURCE: Simon Willison’s Weblog• 2026-11-03T17:40:00Z

Qwen 3.8 27B Demonstrates Weight-Space Programming Capabilities on Laptop

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Qwen 3.8 27B demonstrates the ability to interpret and analyze neural network weights without external tools, mirroring findings from a paper on weight-space programming. The model successfully identified game types from raw weight data in controlled experiments.

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