A curated list of awesome papers on the platonic representation hypothesis.
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Awesome Platonic Representation Hypothesis Papers 
A curated collection of research papers related to the Platonic Representation Hypothesis (PRH).
Table of Contents
How to Contribute
We welcome contributions that enhance and expand this collection. Please see our contribution guidelines for details on how to submit a pull request.
Survey
Large Vision-Language Model Alignment and Misalignment: A Survey Through the Lens of Explainability
Dong Shu, Haiyan Zhao, Jingyu Hu, Weiru Liu, Ali Payani, Lu Cheng, Mengnan Du
Arxiv 2025 | github | bibtex
Papers
Note: * indicates equal contribution.
The Platonic Representation Hypothesis
Minyoung Huh*, Brian Cheung*, Tongzhou Wang*, Phillip Isola*
ICML 2024 (Position Paper, Oral) | github | bibtex
Empirical Evidence Supporting PRH
Representation Alignment for Generation: Training Diffusion Transformers Is Easier Than You Think
Sihyun Yu, Sangkyung Kwak, Huiwon Jang, Jongheon Jeong, Jonathan Huang, Jinwoo Shin, Saining Xie
ICLR 2025 (Oral) | github | bibtex
Neuron Platonic Intrinsic Representation From Dynamics Using Contrastive Learning
Wei Wu, Can Liao, Zizhen Deng, Zhengrui Guo, Jinzhuo Wang
ICLR 2025 | github | bibtex
It's a (Blind) Match! Towards Vision-Language Correspondence without Parallel Data
Dominik Schnaus, Nikita Araslanov, Daniel Cremers
CVPR 2025 | github | bibtex
Shared Global and Local Geometry of Language Model Embeddings
Andrew Lee, Melanie Weber, Fernanda Viégas, Martin Wattenberg
Arxiv 2025 | github | bibtex
Linguistic Minimal Pairs Elicit Linguistic Similarity in Large Language Models
Xinyu Zhou, Delong Chen, Samuel Cahyawijaya, Xufeng Duan, Zhenguang G. Cai
COLING 2025 | github | bibtex
Theoretical Foundations for PRH
Towards a Learning Theory of Representation Alignment
Francesco Insulla, Shuo Huang, Lorenzo Rosasco
ICLR 2025 | bibtex
Extension to Neuroscience and Biological Systems
Universality of Representation in Biological and Artificial Neural Networks
E Hosseini, C Casto, N Zaslavsky, C Conwell, M Richardson, E Fedorenko
bioRxiv 2024 | bibtex
Analysis and Limitations of PRH
Understanding the emergence of multimodal representation alignment
Megan Tjandrasuwita, Chanakya Ekbote, Liu Ziyin, Paul Pu Liang
ICLR Re-Align Workshop 2025 | github | bibtex
Intriguing Properties of Large Language and Vision Models
Young-Jun Lee, Byungsoo Ko, Han-Gyu Kim, Yechan Hwang, Ho-Jin Choi
Arxiv 2024 | github | bibtex
Talks
The Platonic Representation Hypothesis
Phillip Isola, Simons Institute, June 2024.
slides
License
MIT
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A curated list of awesome papers on the platonic representation hypothesis.
44
8 commits
updated Apr 14, 2025
README
Awesome Platonic Representation Hypothesis Papers
A curated collection of research papers related to the Platonic Representation Hypothesis (PRH).
Table of Contents
How to Contribute
We welcome contributions that enhance and expand this collection. Please see our contribution guidelines for details on how to submit a pull request.
Survey
Large Vision-Language Model Alignment and Misalignment: A Survey Through the Lens of Explainability
Dong Shu, Haiyan Zhao, Jingyu Hu, Weiru Liu, Ali Payani, Lu Cheng, Mengnan Du
Arxiv 2025 | github | bibtex
Papers
Note: * indicates equal contribution.
The Platonic Representation Hypothesis
Minyoung Huh*, Brian Cheung*, Tongzhou Wang*, Phillip Isola*
ICML 2024 (Position Paper, Oral) | github | bibtex
Empirical Evidence Supporting PRH
Representation Alignment for Generation: Training Diffusion Transformers Is Easier Than You Think
Sihyun Yu, Sangkyung Kwak, Huiwon Jang, Jongheon Jeong, Jonathan Huang, Jinwoo Shin, Saining Xie
ICLR 2025 (Oral) | github | bibtex
Neuron Platonic Intrinsic Representation From Dynamics Using Contrastive Learning
Wei Wu, Can Liao, Zizhen Deng, Zhengrui Guo, Jinzhuo Wang
ICLR 2025 | github | bibtex
It's a (Blind) Match! Towards Vision-Language Correspondence without Parallel Data
Dominik Schnaus, Nikita Araslanov, Daniel Cremers
CVPR 2025 | github | bibtex
Shared Global and Local Geometry of Language Model Embeddings
Andrew Lee, Melanie Weber, Fernanda Viégas, Martin Wattenberg
Arxiv 2025 | github | bibtex
Linguistic Minimal Pairs Elicit Linguistic Similarity in Large Language Models
Xinyu Zhou, Delong Chen, Samuel Cahyawijaya, Xufeng Duan, Zhenguang G. Cai
COLING 2025 | github | bibtex
Theoretical Foundations for PRH
Towards a Learning Theory of Representation Alignment
Francesco Insulla, Shuo Huang, Lorenzo Rosasco
ICLR 2025 | bibtex
Extension to Neuroscience and Biological Systems
Universality of Representation in Biological and Artificial Neural Networks
E Hosseini, C Casto, N Zaslavsky, C Conwell, M Richardson, E Fedorenko
bioRxiv 2024 | bibtex
Analysis and Limitations of PRH
Understanding the emergence of multimodal representation alignment
Megan Tjandrasuwita, Chanakya Ekbote, Liu Ziyin, Paul Pu Liang
ICLR Re-Align Workshop 2025 | github | bibtex
Intriguing Properties of Large Language and Vision Models
Young-Jun Lee, Byungsoo Ko, Han-Gyu Kim, Yechan Hwang, Ho-Jin Choi
Arxiv 2024 | github | bibtex
Talks
The Platonic Representation Hypothesis
Phillip Isola, Simons Institute, June 2024.
slides
License
MIT