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Contravariance Principle

Cao & Yamins principle: solution set for an easy goal is large, for a challenging goal comparatively smaller; cited as theoretical basis for multitask scaling hypothesis

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  • Cao and Yamins
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    Proposed the Contravariance Principle that fewer solutions exist for more challenging goals

Hypotheses (1)

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  • Argues that there are fewer representations competent for N tasks than M<N tasks, so more general models have a smaller solution space

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