Summary of The Triad Of Failure Modes and a Possible Way Out, by Emanuele Sansone
The Triad of Failure Modes and a Possible Way Out
by Emanuele Sansone
First submitted to arxiv on: 27 Sep 2023
Categories
- Main: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
- Secondary: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI); Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (cs.CV)
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| High | Paper authors | High Difficulty Summary Read the original abstract here |
| Medium | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Medium Difficulty Summary The paper introduces a new objective function for self-supervised learning (SSL) that addresses three common failure modes: representation collapse, cluster collapse, and permutation invariance. The proposed objective combines three components: generative, invariant, and uniformity terms. This simplifies the optimization process and provides a Bayesian interpretation as a lower bound on the data log-likelihood. Experimental results demonstrate its effectiveness on toy and real-world datasets. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary The paper creates a new way to learn patterns in data without labels. It solves three common problems that happen when trying to group similar things together. The method combines three parts: making sure the representation is good, keeping the grouping consistent despite changes in the data, and making sure the groups are evenly sized. This makes it easier to train models without needing special tools or tricks. Tests show that this approach works well on simple and complex datasets. |
Keywords
* Artificial intelligence * Log likelihood * Objective function * Optimization * Self supervised
