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Hugging Face paper questions concept dimension measurement in neural nets

A new paper from Hugging Face explores the concept of "concept dimension" in neural representations, questioning the reliability of common measurement methods. The research demonstrates that iterative erasure techniques, often used to quantify concept dimensions, can yield different results based on how a representation is reparameterized. This suggests that the measured quantities are dependent on the specific procedure used, rather than being intrinsic properties of the concept itself. The study uses V-JEPA2 features as a case study to illustrate these findings. AI

IMPACT Challenges current methods for understanding neural network representations, suggesting a need for more robust measurement techniques.

RANK_REASON The item is a research paper published by a known AI entity. [lever_c_demoted from research: ic=1 ai=1.0]

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Hugging Face paper questions concept dimension measurement in neural nets

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  1. Hugging Face Daily Papers TIER_1 English(EN) ·

    Iterative Erasure Count Is Not an Affine-Invariant Concept Dimension

    How many directions does a neural representation use to encode a concept? A common answer repeatedly erases probe directions and reports the stopping count or cumulative removed rank. We show that both quantities can change under an information-preserving invertible reparameteriz…

  2. arXiv stat.ML TIER_1 English(EN) · Tingan Jin, Shuhang Dong, Haosong Li, Chung-Hsien Chou ·

    Iterative Erasure Count Is Not an Affine-Invariant Concept Dimension

    arXiv:2608.10566v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: How many directions does a neural representation use to encode a concept? A common answer repeatedly erases probe directions and reports the stopping count or cumulative removed rank. We show that both quantities can change under an…