Human-level concept learning through probabilistic program induction

Abstract

Not only do children learn effortlessly, they do so quickly and with a remarkable ability to use what they have learned as the raw material for creating new stuff. Lake et al. describe a computational model that learns in a similar fashion and does so better than current deep learning algorithms. The model classifies, parses, and recreates handwritten characters, and can generate new letters of the alphabet that look “right” as judged by Turing-like tests of the model's output in comparison to what real humans produce.

Document Details

Document Type
Pub Defense Publication
Publication Date
Dec 11, 2015
Source ID
10.1126/science.aab3050

Entities

People

  • Brenden M. Lake
  • Joshua B. Tenenbaum
  • Ruslan Salakhutdinov

Organizations

  • Army Research Office
  • Canadian Institute for Advanced Research
  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council
  • New York University
  • Office of Naval Research
  • University of Toronto

Tags

Readers

  • Computational Linguistics
  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Team-Based Human-Centered Cognitive Task Decision Making and Information Performance.

Technology Areas

  • AI & ML
  • AI & ML - Neural Networks