https://www.quantamagazine.org/an-idea-from-physics-helps-ai-see-in-higher-dimensions-20200109/
artificial intelligence
An Idea From Physics Helps AI See in Higher Dimensions
The laws of physics stay the same no matter one’s perspective. Now this idea is allowing computers to detect features in curved and higher-dimensional space.
John Pavlus
Contributing Correspondent
January 9, 2020
“These “convolutional neural networks” (CNNs) have proved surprisingly adept at learning patterns in two-dimensional data…. But when applied to data sets without a built-in planar geometry… this powerful machine learning architecture doesn’t work well. Around 2016, a new discipline called geometric deep learning emerged with the goal of lifting CNNs out of flatland.”