Separate short- and long-term matrix memories improve recurrent network performance

The authors' Continuous Memory Machine uses a shared Transformer to update both memory stores, outperforming baselines on algorithmic, in-context learning, and reasoning tasks.

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Ciaran Regan · Kai Arulkumaran · Luke Darlow · Stefania Druga · Sebastian Risi · Llion Jones

University of Tsukuba · Sakana AI

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The authors propose the Continuous Memory Machine (CMM), building on the Continuous Thought Machine (CTM) which models short-term neural dynamics.

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Continuous Memory Machines outperform prior recurrent networks by separating short- and long-term memory into matrix-valued states.

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