Summary of Enhancing Item Tokenization For Generative Recommendation Through Self-improvement, by Runjin Chen et al.
Enhancing Item Tokenization for Generative Recommendation through Self-Improvement
by Runjin Chen, Mingxuan Ju, Ngoc Bui, Dimosthenis Antypas, Stanley Cai, Xiaopeng Wu, Leonardo Neves, Zhangyang Wang, Neil Shah, Tong Zhao
First submitted to arxiv on: 22 Dec 2024
Categories
- Main: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
- Secondary: Information Retrieval (cs.IR)
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| Medium | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Medium Difficulty Summary A novel approach to predicting user preferences is proposed by generative recommendation systems driven by large language models (LLMs). These systems model items as token sequences and generate recommendations in a generative manner. A key challenge lies in the effective tokenization of items, ensuring compatibility with LLMs. Current methods include using text descriptions, numerical strings, or sequences of discrete tokens. While text-based representations integrate seamlessly with LLM tokenization, they are often too lengthy, leading to inefficiencies and complicating accurate generation. To address these limitations, a self-improving item tokenization method is proposed that allows the LLM to refine its own item tokenizations during training. This approach starts with initial tokenizations generated by any external model and periodically adjusts them based on the LLM’s learned patterns. The alignment process ensures consistency between the tokenization and the LLM’s internal understanding of items, leading to more accurate recommendations. The method is simple to implement and can be integrated as a plug-and-play enhancement into existing generative recommendation systems. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary A new way to predict what people will like is being studied by using large language models (LLMs) to create personalized suggestions. This approach involves breaking down items, such as movies or products, into smaller pieces called tokens and then generating recommendations based on those tokens. The problem is that finding the right way to break down these items is difficult because it needs to work well with LLMs. Right now, people are using different methods like text descriptions or numerical codes, but they have their own limitations. To fix this issue, a new method is proposed that lets the LLM learn how to break down items in a way that works best for it. This approach starts by using an existing method and then adjusts it based on what the LLM has learned. By doing this, the tokenization of items becomes more consistent with how the LLM understands them, which leads to better recommendations. |
Keywords
» Artificial intelligence » Alignment » Token » Tokenization
