# Autoencoders as Pattern Filters

arXiv: https://arxiv.org/abs/2302.13393 · HTML: https://mlsanity.com/paper/2302.13393/

## Key facts

- No citing papers in the map yet (data through 14 Oct 2026).
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- First posted on arXiv 26 Feb 2023.

## Builds on (most cited first, 1 of 1)

- [Fashion-MNIST: a Novel Image Dataset for Benchmarking Machine Learning Algorithms](https://mlsanity.com/paper/1708.07747/) (2017)

## Abstract (arXiv)

We discuss a simple approach to transform autoencoders into "pattern filters". Besides filtering, we show how this simple approach can be used also to build robust classifiers, by learning to filter only patterns of a given class.