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Boolean Neurons

Neurons encoding truth values, polarity, and binary distinctions.

About Boolean Neurons

Boolean neurons are the gatekeepers of AI reasoning. They encode the most fundamental binary operations a language model must perform: is something true or false, present or absent, affirmed or denied? Boolean neurons appear across all model architectures we tested, though they represent a small fraction of the total — roughly 1–2 percent of classified features. Their scarcity is deceptive: Boolean signals propagate throughout the network, modulating how other neuron types behave. A suppressed Boolean.Affirmation neuron in an early layer can cascade into incorrect factual outputs ten layers later.

The 7 Boolean Elements