Rhythmic sharing: A bio-inspired paradigm for zero-shot adaptive learning in neural networks
Abstract
The brain rapidly adapts to new contexts and learns from limited data, a coveted characteristic that artificial intelligence (AI) algorithms struggle to mimic. Inspired by the mechanical oscillatory rhythms of neural cells, we developed a learning paradigm utilizing link strength oscillations, where learning is associated with the coordination of these oscillations. Link oscillations can rapidly change coordination, allowing the network to sense and adapt to subtle contextual changes without supervision. The network becomes a generalist AI architecture, capable of predicting dynamics of multiple contexts including unseen ones. These results make our paradigm a powerful starting point for novel models of cognition. Because our paradigm is agnostic to specifics of the neural network, our study opens doors for introducing rapid adaptive learning into leading AI models.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2502.08644,
title = {Rhythmic sharing: A bio-inspired paradigm for zero-shot adaptive learning in neural networks},
author = {Hoony Kang and Wolfgang Losert},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2502.08644},
year = {2026}
}
Comments
12 pages, 3 figures. V2: General formatting and reference addendum. V3: Typo on p.11: h -> h^2 for RMSE. V5: Typo in caption for fig 2: caption for 2c should have been for 2b, and v.v. V6: Typo fixes to figure references pertaining to V5 (wrote fig 3 instead of fig 2)