Summary of Qtok: a Comprehensive Framework For Evaluating Multilingual Tokenizer Quality in Large Language Models, by Iaroslav Chelombitko et al.
Qtok: A Comprehensive Framework for Evaluating Multilingual Tokenizer Quality in Large Language Models
by Iaroslav Chelombitko, Egor Safronov, Aleksey Komissarov
First submitted to arxiv on: 16 Oct 2024
Categories
- Main: Computation and Language (cs.CL)
- Secondary: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI)
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| High | Paper authors | High Difficulty Summary Read the original abstract here |
| Medium | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Medium Difficulty Summary This paper investigates the role of tokenizers in Large Language Models (LLMs), specifically for multilingual models. The authors highlight that while dataset quality is well-studied, tokenizer quality has received less attention despite its significant impact on model performance. They introduce Qtok, a tool designed to assess tokenizer quality with a focus on multilingual contexts. The tool can be used to evaluate the effectiveness of tokenizers in handling diverse languages. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary This paper looks at how Large Language Models (LLMs) are trained. Right now, not much attention is paid to how language models split text into smaller pieces called tokens. But this process, called tokenization, can really affect how well a model works with many different languages. The authors create a new tool called Qtok that helps measure the quality of these tokenizers in multilingual settings. |
Keywords
» Artificial intelligence » Attention » Tokenization » Tokenizer
