arXiv AI

Temporal Geometry of Deep Networks: Hyperbolic Representations of Training Dynamics for Intrinsic Explainability

arXiv Machine Learning
6d ago

Not all solutions are created equal: An analytical dissociation of functional and representational similarity in deep linear neural networks

The paper investigates the relationship between representation and function in neural networks, using analytical two‑layer linear models and simulations of nonlinear networks. It demonstrates that functional similarity and representational similarity can be dissociated: networks may share representations without sharing functions, and vice versa. The study also finds that robustness to input noise or generalization error does not constrain representations, whereas robustness to parameter noise forces networks to adopt task‑specific representations, indicating that representational alignment reflects computational advantages beyond mere functional alignment.

By Lukas Braun, Erin Grant, Andrew M. Saxe