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Testing Components of the Attention Schema Theory in Artificial Neural Networks

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  • Haebom

Author

Kathryn T. Farrell, Kirsten Ziman, Michael S.A. Graziano

Outline

This paper builds on growing evidence that the brain utilizes attention schemas, simplified models of attention, to help control it. Using a neural network with a transformer attention mechanism, we investigated the impact of adding attention schemas to artificial agents on their judgment and collaboration abilities. Experimental results show that agents with attention schemas are better able to classify the attentional states of other agents (improving accuracy), develop patterns that allow other agents to more easily classify their own attentional patterns, and exhibit improved performance in collaborative tasks. These performance gains are not simply due to increased network complexity, but rather are a result of specialized tasks that involve judging, classifying, or predicting the attention of other agents. In conclusion, our results support the hypothesis that attention schemas possess computational properties beneficial for inter-interpretability and interactive behavior.

Takeaways, Limitations

Takeaways:
Experimentally demonstrating that attention schema contributes to improving the interaction and cooperation capabilities of artificial agents.
We show that the inter-interpretability between agents increases through the attention schema.
It suggests the potential to contribute to an improved understanding of biological attention and human attention schemas.
Limitations:
There may be a lack of sufficient consideration of the differences between the attention mechanisms of artificial agents and those of biological brains.
Because the experimental environment was limited, further research on generalizability is needed.
Further research is needed into the specific operating mechanisms of the attention schema.
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