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48 results for Abstract visual reasoning

Constellation learns group-level visual relationships for abstract reasoning.

problem Learning configurational properties of entire groups of objects.
method Introduces Constellation, a network that learns relational abstractions over static visual scenes.
result Offers a basis for abstract relational reasoning and sensory imagination.

MXGNet tackles visual reasoning tasks using graph neural networks.

problem Abstract reasoning, especially in the visual domain, is challenging for AI.
method Combines object-level representations, graph neural networks, and multiplex graphs.
result Achieves state-of-the-art accuracy on Euler Diagram Syllogisms and outperforms state-of-the-art models on RPM datasets.

Program synthesis struggles with complex spatial relationships in image classification.

problem Challenges in solving Synthetic Visual Reasoning Test problems.
method Quantitative reanalysis of human and machine performance, improved program synthesis classifier, categorization of SVRT problems.
result Program synthesis is constrained by spatial relationships in images, not just shape specification.

Object-based approaches for learning action-conditioned dynamics has demonstrated promise for generalization and interpretability. However, existing approaches suffer from structural limitations and optimization difficulties for common environments with multiple dynamic objects. In this paper, we present a novel self-s…

2019-04-16abs ↗pdf ↗

Achieving artificial visual reasoning - the ability to answer image-related questions which require a multi-step, high-level process - is an important step towards artificial general intelligence. This multi-modal task requires learning a question-dependent, structured reasoning process over images from language. Stand…

2017-07-10abs ↗pdf ↗

Few-shot visual reasoning model learns analogical relationships from small data.

problem Training deep models on few samples for visual reasoning tasks.
method Meta-analogical contrastive learning to enforce structural similarity between training and test samples.
result Method outperforms state-of-the-art on RAVEN dataset with scarce training data.

Whether neural networks can learn abstract reasoning or whether they merely rely on superficial statistics is a topic of recent debate. Here, we propose a dataset and challenge designed to probe abstract reasoning, inspired by a well-known human IQ test. To succeed at this challenge, models must cope with various gener…

2018-07-11abs ↗pdf ↗

Machine learning has made major advances in categorizing objects in images, yet the best algorithms miss important aspects of how people learn and think about categories. People can learn richer concepts from fewer examples, including causal models that explain how members of a category are formed. Here, we explore the…

2019-04-17abs ↗pdf ↗

CIB compresses variables causally, preserving key causal interactions.

problem Constructing causal variable abstractions in complex systems.
method Causal Information Bottleneck (CIB) method, extending IB to include causal structures.
result CIB produces causally interpretable abstractions that accurately capture causal relations.

Unified model learns concepts across domains like left and right.

problem Limited generalization of language concepts in inference-only models.
method Logic-Enhanced Foundation Model (LEFT) with a differentiable, domain-independent program executor.
result LEFT flexibly learns and reasons with concepts across 2D images, 3D scenes, human motions, and robotic manipulation.

We introduce a general-purpose conditioning method for neural networks called FiLM: Feature-wise Linear Modulation. FiLM layers influence neural network computation via a simple, feature-wise affine transformation based on conditioning information. We show that FiLM layers are highly effective for visual reasoning - an…

2017-09-22abs ↗pdf ↗

Neural model predicts object states and physical parameters from visual observations.

problem Computational models struggle with physical reasoning and adapting to new environments.
method Visual prior predicts particle-based system from visual observations; inference module refines estimates subject to dynamics constraints.
result Model can infer physical properties within a few observations and adapt to unseen scenarios.

The paper introduces a method to learn Markov state abstractions for reinforcement learning.

problem Learning Markov state representations in complex environments.
method The paper introduces a novel set of conditions and a training procedure combining inverse model estimation and temporal contrastive learning.
result The approach learns representations that capture the underlying structure of the domain and improve sample efficiency.

We introduce the new task of Acoustic Question Answering (AQA) to promote research in acoustic reasoning. The AQA task consists of analyzing an acoustic scene composed by a combination of elementary sounds and answering questions that relate the position and properties of these sounds. The kind of relational questions …

2019-02-28abs ↗pdf ↗

KINet learns object interactions without supervision for robotic pushing.

problem Lack of supervised data for object-centric forward prediction.
method End-to-end unsupervised framework using keypoint representation and contrastive estimation.
result Automatically generalizes to unseen scenarios and accurately predicts future states.

More than 50 years ago Bongard introduced 100 visual concept learning problems as a testbed for intelligent vision systems. These problems are now known as Bongard problems. Although they are well known in the cognitive science and AI communities only moderate progress has been made towards building systems that can so…

2018-04-12abs ↗pdf ↗

Agent learns causal relationships from visual data to perform tasks.

problem Performing tasks in novel environments with latent causal structures.
method Learning-based approach to induce causal graphs from visual observations, using attention mechanisms.
result Effective generalization to new tasks with unseen causal structures.

The seemingly infinite diversity of the natural world arises from a relatively small set of coherent rules, such as the laws of physics or chemistry. We conjecture that these rules give rise to regularities that can be discovered through primarily unsupervised experiences and represented as abstract concepts. If such r…

2017-07-11abs ↗pdf ↗

OP3 models entities for better task generalization in reinforcement learning.

problem Generalizing to unseen physical tasks with combinatorial complexity.
method Object-centric perception, prediction, and planning (OP3) framework.
result OP3 outperforms oracle models and state-of-the-art video prediction models.

Despite their impressive performance in many tasks, deep neural networks often struggle at relational reasoning. This has recently been remedied with the introduction of a plug-in relational module that considers relations between pairs of objects. Unfortunately, this is combinatorially expensive. In this extended abst…

2018-11-01abs ↗pdf ↗

We propose a technique for making Convolutional Neural Network (CNN)-based models more transparent by visualizing input regions that are 'important' for predictions -- or visual explanations. Our approach, called Gradient-weighted Class Activation Mapping (Grad-CAM), uses class-specific gradient information to localize…

2016-11-22abs ↗pdf ↗

LatFormer improves geometric reasoning by incorporating lattice symmetry priors in attention mechanisms.

problem State-of-the-art models struggle with geometric reasoning tasks in the ARC and LARC datasets.
method Introduced LatFormer, a model that uses lattice symmetry priors in attention masks.
result LatFormer requires 2 orders of magnitude fewer data than standard attention mechanisms.

We are enveloped by stories of visual interpretations in our everyday lives. The way we narrate a story often comprises of two stages, which are, forming a central mind map of entities and then weaving a story around them. A contributing factor to coherence is not just basing the story on these entities but also, refer…

2019-09-15abs ↗pdf ↗

We present an approach for reconfiguration of dynamic visual sensor networks with deep reinforcement learning (RL). Our RL agent uses a modified asynchronous advantage actor-critic framework and the recently proposed Relational Network module at the foundation of its network architecture. To address the issue of sample…

2018-08-13abs ↗pdf ↗

A novel method for visual question answering using scene graphs and reinforcement learning.

problem Answering free-form questions about images with deep linguistic and visual understanding.
method Context-driven, sequential reasoning based on scene graphs and reinforcement learning.
result Our method almost reaches human performance on the GQA dataset.

Mid-training improves RL by identifying compact action abstractions.

problem Unlocking full potential of RL with large language models.
method RA3 algorithm that optimizes sequential variational lower bound and discovers latent structures via RL.
result Improves performance by 8 points on HumanEval and 4 points on MBPP.

Visualizes deep neural networks for speech recognition using learned topographic filter maps.

problem Unintuitive internal structure of deep neural networks complicates activation visualization.
method Trains a convolutional speech recognition model with filters arranged in a 2D grid, highlighting similar filters.
result Topographic filter maps visualize artificial neuron activations more intuitively.

Deep Reinforcement Learning (DRL) is a trending field of research, showing great promise in many challenging problems such as playing Atari, solving Go and controlling robots. While DRL agents perform well in practice we are still missing the tools to analayze their performance and visualize the temporal abstractions t…

2016-06-22abs ↗pdf ↗

Enhances BO with expert preferences about abstract properties.

problem Lack of expert knowledge in BO for black-box experimental design.
method Human-AI collaboration to incorporate expert preferences into surrogate modeling.
result Superior performance compared to baselines in synthetic and real-world datasets.

We describe a new method for visualizing topics, the distributions over terms that are automatically extracted from large text corpora using latent variable models. Our method finds significant nn-grams related to a topic, which are then used to help understand and interpret the underlying distribution. Compared with …

2009-07-06abs ↗pdf ↗

DPFRL uses particle filters for decision making with complex visual observations.

problem Decision making with partial complex visual observations.
method Discriminative Particle Filter Reinforcement Learning (DPFRL) with a differentiable particle filter in the neural network policy.
result DPFRL outperforms state-of-the-art POMDP RL models in complex visual observation tasks.

It is commonly believed that increasing the interpretability of a machine learning model may decrease its predictive power. However, inspecting input-output relationships of those models using visual analytics, while treating them as black-box, can help to understand the reasoning behind outcomes without sacrificing pr…

2016-06-17abs ↗pdf ↗