Summary of Building, Reusing, and Generalizing Abstract Representations From Concrete Sequences, by Shuchen Wu et al.
Building, Reusing, and Generalizing Abstract Representations from Concrete Sequences
by Shuchen Wu, Mirko Thalmann, Peter Dayan, Zeynep Akata, Eric Schulz
First submitted to arxiv on: 27 Oct 2024
Categories
- Main: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
- Secondary: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI); Computation and Language (cs.CL)
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| High | Paper authors | High Difficulty Summary Read the original abstract here |
| Medium | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Medium Difficulty Summary The non-parametric hierarchical variable learning model (HVM) is introduced, which learns chunks from sequences and abstracts contextually similar chunks as variables. This allows for efficient organization of memory while uncovering abstractions, leading to compact sequence representations. The HVM outperforms standard compression algorithms such as Lempel-Ziv on language datasets like babyLM, and demonstrates better transfer learning capabilities than large language models (LLMs) in a sequence recall task. The model also offers a precise trade-off between compression and generalization, providing a cognitive framework that captures the learning and transfer of abstract representations in human cognition. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary The paper introduces a new way for computers to learn from sequences of information, like words or sounds. It’s called HVM, which stands for hierarchical variable learning model. This new approach helps computers organize and understand patterns in data more efficiently. The researchers tested HVM on language datasets and found that it can learn and remember important information better than other methods. They also showed that HVM is good at transferring this knowledge to new situations, just like humans do. This new way of learning could help computers become even smarter and better at understanding human-like language. |
Keywords
» Artificial intelligence » Generalization » Recall » Transfer learning
