catastrophic interference

noun

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

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catastrophic forgetting
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Meanings

nouncatastrophic interference (uncountable)
  1. uncountableThe tendency of an artificial neural network to forget previously learned information completely and abruptly upon learning new information.

    Synonyms: catastrophic forgetting

Synonyms & antonyms

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

Similar
catastrophic forgetting
Also see
catastrophic forgetting
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