Summary of How Does Bayes Error Limit Probabilistic Robust Accuracy, by Ruihan Zhang and Jun Sun
How Does Bayes Error Limit Probabilistic Robust Accuracy
by Ruihan Zhang, Jun Sun
First submitted to arxiv on: 23 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 This paper tackles the pressing issue of adversarial examples in neural networks, which pose a significant threat to many critical systems. To achieve robustness while maintaining accuracy, the authors propose probabilistic robustness, where the probability of having the same label within a certain vicinity is at least 1 minus some threshold κ. However, existing methods for training probabilistically robust models still result in non-trivial accuracy loss. The paper investigates the relationship between κ and the upper bound on probabilistic robust accuracy from a Bayesian error perspective. The results show that Bayes uncertainty has a smaller impact on probabilistic robustness than on deterministic robustness, allowing for a higher upper bound on probabilistic robust accuracy. Additionally, the authors prove that optimal probabilistic robust inputs are also deterministically robust within a smaller vicinity and demonstrate that voting within this vicinity improves probabilistic robust accuracy. The findings align with the theoretical results, making this work a valuable contribution to the field of neural networks. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary Adversarial examples in neural networks are a big problem because they can trick these systems into making wrong decisions. One way to make them more secure is by using something called “probabilistic robustness.” This means that when you test an image or some other data, you’re not just looking at whether the AI says it’s one thing or another. Instead, you’re asking how sure the AI is about its answer. If the AI is 99% sure that the picture is a dog, for example, then you know that if the picture is slightly changed – maybe the dog has a few more spots – the AI will still say it’s a dog. The authors of this paper wanted to see how well this approach works and whether there are any limits to how accurate it can be. They found that probabilistic robustness does work, but not perfectly. It turns out that if you want the AI to be very sure about its answers (high κ), then you might sacrifice a little bit of accuracy. But overall, this approach is a good way to make neural networks more secure. |
Keywords
» Artificial intelligence » Probability
