Summary of Neural Networks Use Distance Metrics, by Alan Oursland
Neural Networks Use Distance Metrics
by Alan Oursland
First submitted to arxiv on: 26 Nov 2024
Categories
- Main: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
- Secondary: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI); Machine Learning (stat.ML)
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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 presents empirical evidence that neural networks with ReLU and Absolute Value activations learn distance-based representations. The authors manipulated both distance and intensity properties of internal activations in trained models, finding that both architectures are highly sensitive to small distance-based perturbations while maintaining robust performance under large intensity-based perturbations. This challenges the prevailing intensity-based interpretation of neural network activations and offers new insights into their learning and decision-making processes. Specifically, the study demonstrates that neural networks can learn representations based on distances between input patterns, rather than simply relying on intensity values. The findings have implications for understanding how neural networks process and generalize data. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary This paper explores how artificial intelligence (AI) models called neural networks work. Researchers looked at two types of neural networks with different “activation” functions, which help the model learn from data. They found that these networks are very sensitive to small changes in the distance between input patterns, but can still perform well even if the intensity of the data is altered a lot. This challenges our understanding of how AI models work and offers new insights into how they make decisions. The study shows that AI models don’t just look at the strength of the data, but also consider how similar or different it is to other patterns. |
Keywords
» Artificial intelligence » Neural network » Relu
