Catastrophic Interference
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Catastrophic Interference has 14 facts recorded in Dontopedia across 1 reference, with 1 live disagreement.
Mostly:was discovered by(2), causes abrupt forgetting(1), has root cause(1)
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isProposedSolutionForIs Proposed Solution for(6)
- Elastic Weight Consolidation Ewc
ex:elastic-weight-consolidation-ewc - Latent Learning
ex:latent-learning - Node Sharpening
ex:node-sharpening - Novelty Rule
ex:novelty-rule - Orthogonality
ex:orthogonality - Pre Training Networks
ex:pre-training-networks
contrastsWithContrasts With(1)
- Catastrophic Remembering
ex:catastrophic-remembering
counteractsCounteracts(1)
- Rehearsal Methods
ex:rehearsal-methods
isInverseProblemOfIs Inverse Problem of(1)
- Catastrophic Remembering
ex:catastrophic-remembering
providesEvidenceForProvides Evidence for(1)
- Mccloskey and Cohen 1989 Paper
ex:mccloskey-and-cohen-1989-paper
solvesSolves(1)
- Hippocampus Neocortex System
ex:hippocampus-neocortex-system
successfullySolvesSuccessfully Solves(1)
- Hippocampus Neocortex System
ex:hippocampus-neocortex-system
triggersTriggers(1)
- New Learning
ex:new-learning
Other facts (14)
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| Predicate | Value | Ref |
|---|---|---|
| Was Discovered by | Mccloskey and Cohen 1989 | [1] |
| Was Discovered by | Ratcliff 1990 | [1] |
| Causes Abrupt Forgetting | Previously Learned Information | [1] |
| Has Root Cause | Overlap in Representations | [1] |
| Implies Existential Commitment to | Stability Plasticity Dilemma | [1] |
| Is Also Known As | Catastrophic Forgetting | [1] |
| Is Core Problem in | Lisa Watts Research | [1] |
| Is Problematic Tendency | Artificial Neural Networks | [1] |
| Is Radical Form of | Stability Plasticity Dilemma | [1] |
| Is Radical Manifestation of | Stability Plasticity Dilemma | [1] |
| Is Tendency of | Artificial Neural Networks | [1] |
| Originates in | Connectionist Networks Literature | [1] |
| Represents Essential Limit of | Sequential Learning | [1] |
| Was Discovered in | 1989 | [1] |
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References (1)
ctx:genes/lisa-watts/research-catastrophic-forgetting
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