Summary of The Local Interaction Basis: Identifying Computationally-relevant and Sparsely Interacting Features in Neural Networks, by Lucius Bushnaq et al.
The Local Interaction Basis: Identifying Computationally-Relevant and Sparsely Interacting Features in Neural Networks
by Lucius Bushnaq, Stefan Heimersheim, Nicholas Goldowsky-Dill, Dan Braun, Jake Mendel, Kaarel Hänni, Avery Griffin, Jörn Stöhler, Magdalena Wache, Marius Hobbhahn
First submitted to arxiv on: 17 May 2024
Categories
- Main: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
- Secondary: None
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| High | Paper authors | High Difficulty Summary Read the original abstract here |
| Medium | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Medium Difficulty Summary In this paper, researchers tackle the challenge of understanding how neural networks work by developing a new method called Local Interaction Basis (LIB). The goal is to break down the complex computations within neural networks into smaller, more interpretable components. LIB does this by transforming the network’s activations into a new basis that highlights the most important features and interactions. This approach is evaluated on several models, including those used for image classification and arithmetic operations. The results show that LIB can identify more relevant features and interactions than existing methods, but may not be suitable for large language models. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary Neural networks are super powerful computers that can learn from data, but they’re really hard to understand. Scientists want to figure out how these networks work so they can use them better. One way is by breaking down what the network does into smaller pieces. This new method, called Local Interaction Basis (LIB), tries to do just that. It takes the network’s “activations” and turns them into a special kind of basis that shows which parts are important. The results show that LIB can help us understand how some networks work better than others. |
Keywords
» Artificial intelligence » Image classification
