Summary of Loss-free Machine Unlearning, by Jack Foster et al.
Loss-Free Machine Unlearning
by Jack Foster, Stefan Schoepf, Alexandra Brintrup
First submitted to arxiv on: 29 Feb 2024
Categories
- Main: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
- Secondary: 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 This machine unlearning approach eliminates the need for retraining or labelled data, making it more efficient and practical. By extending the Selective Synaptic Dampening algorithm, the authors substitute the Fisher information matrix with the gradient of the l2 norm of the model output to approximate sensitivity. This label-free method is competitive with existing state-of-the-art approaches, using ResNet18 and Vision Transformer in a range of experiments. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary This paper finds a way to remove unwanted information from machine learning models without needing to retrain them or use extra labels. It’s like erasing old notes on a piece of paper – you don’t need the whole paper to do it! The authors came up with a new way to make this work, using an algorithm that can figure out what parts of the model are important and which ones aren’t. |
Keywords
* Artificial intelligence * Machine learning * Vision transformer
