Summary of Softened Symbol Grounding For Neuro-symbolic Systems, by Zenan Li et al.
Softened Symbol Grounding for Neuro-symbolic Systems
by Zenan Li, Yuan Yao, Taolue Chen, Jingwei Xu, Chun Cao, Xiaoxing Ma, Jian Lü
First submitted to arxiv on: 1 Mar 2024
Categories
- Main: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI)
- Secondary: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
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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 proposes a novel approach to bridge the gap between neural network training and symbolic constraint solving in neuro-symbolic learning. The authors introduce a softened symbol grounding process that leverages Boltzmann distribution modeling, MCMC techniques, and an annealing mechanism to efficiently sample from disconnected symbol solution spaces. This framework enables effective and efficient neuro-symbolic learning, surpassing existing proposals by successfully solving problems beyond the frontier. The paper’s key contributions include (1) modeling symbol solution states as a Boltzmann distribution, (2) a new MCMC technique using projection and SMT solvers, and (3) an annealing mechanism for escaping sub-optimal symbol groundings. Experiments on three representative tasks demonstrate the framework’s superior symbol grounding capabilities. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary This paper solves a big problem in artificial intelligence called “symbol grounding.” It usually takes two different approaches: training neural networks and solving symbolic puzzles. The authors came up with a new way to connect these two worlds, making it easier and more efficient to learn from both. They call this new approach “softened symbol grounding.” It uses special techniques like Boltzmann distributions and Monte Carlo methods to find the best solutions. This means that computers can now solve problems that were previously too difficult or impossible. The authors tested their method on three different tasks and found that it worked much better than previous approaches. |
Keywords
* Artificial intelligence * Grounding * Neural network
