High-capacity associative memories based on Kernel Logistic Regression (KLR) exhibit strong storage capabilities, but the dynamical and geometric mechanisms underlying their stability remain poorly understood. This paper investigates the global geometry of attractor basins and the mechanisms governing the storage limit in KLR-trained Hopfield networks. We combine empirical evaluations using random sequences and real-world image embeddings (CIFAR-10) with morphing experiments and statistical Signal-to-Noise Ratio (SNR) analysis. Our experiments show that the network achieves a storage capacity for random sequences up to $P/N \approx 16$, while maintaining stable retrieval for structured data at effective loads near $P/N \approx 20$. Morphing analysis indicates that attractors on the "Ridge of Optimization" are separated by sharp, phase-transition-like boundaries, characterized by steep effective potential barriers and critical slowing down. Furthermore, by comparing an SNR analysis with a geometric reference point inspired by Cover's theorem, we show that the practical storage limit is governed primarily not by a lack of geometric separability in the feature space, but by the loss of dynamical stability against crosstalk noise. These findings suggest that KLR networks function as highly localized exemplar-based memories that operate near the onset of dynamical collapse, providing a useful perspective on the design of robust, large-scale retrieval systems.
Learning Hippo: Multi-attractor Dynamics and Stability Effects in a Biologically Detailed CA3 Extension of Hopfield Networks
Grupo de Física Matemática Instituto Superior Técnico(里斯本高等技术学院数学物理小组);Dipartimento di Neuroscienze, Psicologia, Area del Farmaco e Salute del Bambino (NEUROFARBA) Università di Firenze(佛罗伦萨大学神经科学、心理学、药物与儿童健康区域(NEUROFARBA))
Random Features Hopfield Networks generalize retrieval to previously unseen examples
University of Rome ‘La Sapienza’(罗马第一大学);Harvard University(哈佛大学);Bocconi University(博科尼大学);Institute for Data Science and Analytics(数据科学与分析研究所);CNR-NANOTEC, Institute of Nanotechnology(国家研究委员会纳米技术研究所(CNR-NANOTEC))
Johannes Kepler University Linz(林茨约翰开普勒大学);Institute of Advanced Research in Artificial Intelligence (IARAI)(高级人工智能研究所(IARAI));University of Oslo(奥斯陆大学)
McGovern Institute for Brain Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology(麻省理工学院麦戈文脑科学研究所);The NSF AI Institute for Artificial Intelligence and Fundamental Interactions (IAIFI), Massachusetts Institute of Technology(麻省理工学院美国国家科学基金会人工智能基础相互作用研究所)
Phases in a class of associative memories via hidden neurons
CyberAgent AI Lab(CyberAgent AI实验室);RIKEN iTHEMS(RIKEN跨学科理论科学研究所);Graduate School of Artificial Intelligence and Science, Rikkyo University(立教大学人工智能与科学研究科)
Thermodynamics of bidirectional associative memories
Università del Salento(萨伦托大学);Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare(国家核物理研究所);Universidad Complutense de Madrid(马德里康普顿斯大学);Université Paris-Saclay(巴黎萨克雷大学);CNRS(法国国家科学研究中心);INRIA(法国国家信息与自动化研究所)