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Obtaining the diagonal of the Fisher information matrix.

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A user on AI Stack Exchange asked how to compute the diagonal of the Fisher information matrix, which they need for elastic weight consolidation to reduce forgetting across learning tasks.

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“I am looking to use elastic weight consolidation to try and prevent, or at least mitigate, forgetting across learning tasks. In order to do that I need to calculate the diagonal of the fisher matrix.”
AI Stack Exchange, 27 Oct 2026, 14:25.

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