Summary of Automatic Discovery Of Visual Circuits, by Achyuta Rajaram et al.
Automatic Discovery of Visual Circuits
by Achyuta Rajaram, Neil Chowdhury, Antonio Torralba, Jacob Andreas, Sarah Schwettmann
First submitted to arxiv on: 22 Apr 2024
Categories
- Main: Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (cs.CV)
- Secondary: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI)
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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 proposes a scalable method for extracting the subgraph of a deep vision model’s computational graph that underlies the recognition of a specific visual concept. The approach involves specifying a visual concept using a few examples and tracing the interdependence of neuron activations across layers, or their functional connectivity. This method is able to extract circuits that causally affect model output, allowing for the defense of large pretrained models against adversarial attacks. The proposed method has potential applications in improving the interpretability and robustness of deep vision models. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary This paper tries to figure out how deep learning models work when they recognize certain things, like objects or animals. Usually, scientists have to look at individual parts of these models and spend a lot of time studying them. The researchers in this paper came up with a new way to quickly find the important parts that make these models recognize specific things. They tested their method on deep learning models and found that it can help make these models more resistant to false information. This could lead to better AI systems that are easier to understand and harder to trick. |
Keywords
» Artificial intelligence » Deep learning
