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Depth in convolutional neural networks solves scene segmentation.

Noor Seijdel^1,2, Nikos Tsakmakidis³, Edward H F de Haan^1,2

¹Department of Psychology, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

Plos Computational Biology

|July 25, 2020

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Deep convolutional neural networks (DCNNs) can recognize objects like humans. Deeper networks better distinguish objects from backgrounds, suggesting implicit scene segmentation in advanced AI and potentially the human brain.

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Area of Science:

Computer Vision
Neuroscience
Artificial Intelligence

Background:

Deep convolutional neural networks (DCNNs) match human object recognition in natural scenes.
Human vision requires additional processes for complex scenes beyond feedforward activity.
The role of network depth in differentiating object from background information is unclear.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate how object information is separated from backgrounds in DCNNs of increasing depth.
To explore the relationship between network depth and scene segmentation capabilities.
To compare DCNN performance with human visual processing for complex scenes.

Main Methods:

Controlled object and background information by manipulating noise, congruence, and occlusion.
Analyzed DCNNs with varying depths to assess object-background differentiation.
Compared performance of shallow networks trained on segmented versus non-segmented objects.

Main Results:

Increased network depth led to improved distinction between object and background information.
Shallow networks benefited from training on segmented objects.
Deeper networks demonstrated an emergent capability for scene segmentation.

Conclusions:

Sufficiently deep DCNNs can perform scene segmentation implicitly.
The human brain may achieve scene segmentation during object identification via feature binding, similar to deep neural networks.
Explicit segmentation mechanisms may not be necessary for object recognition in complex visual environments.