Unleashing the Power of Absence and Surprise

Teaching AI the Power of Surprise

Can a machine be surprised?

We explore how artificial intelligence can learn not just from data, but from the unexpected. Our method, Learning via Surprisability (LvS), teaches AI systems to form expectations and adjust when reality diverges, just as humans do.

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By learning from surprise, AI becomes more efficient, adaptable, and explainable.We’ve applied LvS to social media, political discourse, and biomedical data, revealing how absence and deviation can be as meaningful as presence.

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