Dimensions underlying the representational alignment of deep neural networks with humans

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2406.19087v1
• Date: Thu, 27 Jun 2024 11:14:14 GMT
• Title: Dimensions underlying the representational alignment of deep neural networks with humans
• Authors: Florian P. Mahner, Lukas Muttenthaler, Umut Güçlü, Martin N. Hebart,
• Abstract summary: We propose a generic framework for yielding comparable representations in humans and deep neural networks (DNNs) Applying this framework to humans and a DNN model of natural images revealed a low-dimensional DNN embedding of both visual and semantic dimensions. In contrast to humans, DNNs exhibited a clear dominance of visual over semantic features, indicating divergent strategies for representing images.
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• License: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/
• Abstract: Determining the similarities and differences between humans and artificial intelligence is an important goal both in machine learning and cognitive neuroscience. However, similarities in representations only inform us about the degree of alignment, not the factors that determine it. Drawing upon recent developments in cognitive science, we propose a generic framework for yielding comparable representations in humans and deep neural networks (DNN). Applying this framework to humans and a DNN model of natural images revealed a low-dimensional DNN embedding of both visual and semantic dimensions. In contrast to humans, DNNs exhibited a clear dominance of visual over semantic features, indicating divergent strategies for representing images. While in-silico experiments showed seemingly-consistent interpretability of DNN dimensions, a direct comparison between human and DNN representations revealed substantial differences in how they process images. By making representations directly comparable, our results reveal important challenges for representational alignment, offering a means for improving their comparability.

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