Summary of Uniform Memory Retrieval with Larger Capacity For Modern Hopfield Models, by Dennis Wu et al.
Uniform Memory Retrieval with Larger Capacity for Modern Hopfield Models
by Dennis Wu, Jerry Yao-Chieh Hu, Teng-Yun Hsiao, Han Liu
First submitted to arxiv on: 4 Apr 2024
Categories
- Main: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
- Secondary: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI); Machine Learning (stat.ML)
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| High | Paper authors | High Difficulty Summary Read the original abstract here |
| Medium | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Medium Difficulty Summary We propose a novel two-stage memory retrieval dynamics for modern Hopfield models, called , which enhances memory capacity. The key innovation is a learnable feature map that transforms the Hopfield energy function into kernel space. This transformation ensures convergence between local minima of energy and fixed points of retrieval dynamics within kernel space. We introduce a novel similarity measure based on the kernel norm induced by , which utilizes stored memory patterns to enhance memory capacity across all modern Hopfield models. Our method, , consists of two stages: (Stage I) minimizing separation loss for a uniform memory distribution and (Stage II) standard Hopfield energy minimization for memory retrieval. This approach significantly reduces metastable states in the Hopfield energy function, leading to improved memory capacity and preventing memory confusion. Our empirical results demonstrate that outperforms existing modern Hopfield models and state-of-the-art similarity measures on real-world datasets, achieving substantial improvements in associative memory retrieval and deep learning tasks. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary This paper proposes a new way to improve how computers remember things. It’s called , and it helps modern computer models remember more efficiently. The key idea is to change the way these models understand what they’re looking at, by using a special tool that transforms their energy into something easier to work with. This new approach reduces confusion when trying to retrieve memories and makes computers better at remembering things. The researchers tested this method on real-world data and found it outperformed other methods in both memory retrieval and deep learning tasks. |
Keywords
* Artificial intelligence * Deep learning * Feature map
