Under the Hood of Neural Networks: Characterizing Learned Representations by Functional Neuron Populations and Network Ablations

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2004.01254v2
• Date: Mon, 11 May 2020 09:09:15 GMT
• Title: Under the Hood of Neural Networks: Characterizing Learned Representations by Functional Neuron Populations and Network Ablations
• Authors: Richard Meyes, Constantin Waubert de Puiseau, Andres Posada-Moreno, Tobias Meisen
• Abstract summary: We shed light on the roles of single neurons and groups of neurons within the network fulfilling a learned task. We find that neither a neuron's magnitude or selectivity of activation, nor its impact on network performance are sufficient stand-alone indicators.
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• Abstract: The need for more transparency of the decision-making processes in artificial neural networks steadily increases driven by their applications in safety critical and ethically challenging domains such as autonomous driving or medical diagnostics. We address today's lack of transparency of neural networks and shed light on the roles of single neurons and groups of neurons within the network fulfilling a learned task. Inspired by research in the field of neuroscience, we characterize the learned representations by activation patterns and network ablations, revealing functional neuron populations that a) act jointly in response to specific stimuli or b) have similar impact on the network's performance after being ablated. We find that neither a neuron's magnitude or selectivity of activation, nor its impact on network performance are sufficient stand-alone indicators for its importance for the overall task. We argue that such indicators are essential for future advances in transfer learning and modern neuroscience.

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