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Re:Astra can read and write weights to improve Qwen by GolDDranks on Monday November 02, 2026 @02:35PM (#50342402)
> fetching the relevant weights from its own network

They don't have usually access to their own weights?

Re:Astra can read and write weights to improve Qwen by theowaway213456 on Monday November 02, 2026 @02:38PM (#50342462)
I think they're saying this is all happening in latent space through pure reasoning, and "fetching" is just a metaphor for that, not a literal tool call. I do believe it's possible for models to learn the capability to "introspect" their own weights during training.
Re:Astra can read and write weights to improve Qwen by charm137 on Monday November 02, 2026 @02:46PM (#50342605)
Yes, I should have been more precise - I meant the information embedded in their weights (which every neural network retrieves to function), not their literal weights.