In plain words: Many trained networks can share one set of numbers, each hidden in a different pattern and pulled out separately when needed. Tests showed a large number could fit at once, and each could train for thousands of steps without disturbing the others.
Abstract · Superposition of many models into one
We present a method for storing multiple models within a single set of parameters. Models can coexist in superposition and still be retrieved individually. In experiments with neural networks, we show that a surprisingly large number of models can be effectively stored within a single parameter instance. Furthermore, each of these models can undergo thousands of training steps without significantly interfering with other models within the superposition. This approach may be viewed as the online complement of compression: rather than reducing the size of a network after training, we make use of the unrealized capacity of a network during training.
Brian Cheung, Alex Terekhov, Yubei Chen, Pulkit Agrawal, Bruno Olshausen
arXiv:1902.05522 · cs.LG, cs.AI, cs.NE · submitted Feb 14, 2019 · updated Jun 17, 2019
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