Adversarially trained neural representations may already be as robust as corresponding biological neural representations. (arXiv:2206.11228v1 [q-bio.NC])

Web: http://arxiv.org/abs/2206.11228

Visual systems of primates are the gold standard of robust perception. There
is thus a general belief that mimicking the neural representations that
underlie those systems will yield artificial visual systems that are
adversarially robust. In this work, we develop a method for performing
adversarial visual attacks directly on primate brain activity. We then leverage
this method to demonstrate that the above-mentioned belief might not be well
founded. Specifically, we report that the biological neurons that make up
visual systems …

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