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catastrophic interference

catastrophic interference noun: the tendency of an artificial neural network to forget previously learned information completely and abruptly upon learning new information.

Noun

catastrophic interference (uncountable)

  1. The tendency of an artificial neural network to forget previously learned information completely and abruptly upon learning new information.

Synonyms of catastrophic interference

Questions about catastrophic interference

What does catastrophic interference mean?
Catastrophic interference means the tendency of an artificial neural network to forget previously learned information completely and abruptly upon learning new information.
What part of speech is catastrophic interference?
Catastrophic interference is a noun.

Words near catastrophic interference in the dictionary

  1. catastrophes
  2. catastrophic
  3. catastrophic antiphospholipid syndrome
  4. catastrophic backtracking
  5. catastrophic forgetting
  6. catastrophic interference
  7. catastrophic kill
  8. catastrophic kills
  9. catastrophic mortality
  10. catastrophic moult
  11. catastrophic moults

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