Summary of Scavenging Hyena: Distilling Transformers Into Long Convolution Models, by Tokiniaina Raharison Ralambomihanta et al.
Scavenging Hyena: Distilling Transformers into Long Convolution Models
by Tokiniaina Raharison Ralambomihanta, Shahrad Mohammadzadeh, Mohammad Sami Nur Islam, Wassim Jabbour, Laurence Liang
First submitted to arxiv on: 31 Jan 2024
Categories
- Main: Computation and Language (cs.CL)
- Secondary: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
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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 introduces an innovative approach to address the efficiency concerns associated with Large Language Models (LLMs) pre-training, using knowledge distillation for cross-architecture transfer. The proposed method replaces attention heads in transformer models with Hyena, offering a cost-effective alternative to traditional pre-training. This technique not only enhances inference speed but also surpasses pre-training in terms of both accuracy and efficiency. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary This paper is about finding ways to make Large Language Models (LLMs) more efficient. LLMs are very good at understanding human language, but they use a lot of computer power to do it. The researchers found a way to make them work faster and better by using something called knowledge distillation. They also used an idea called Hyena to replace some parts of the model that were taking up too much power. This new approach makes LLMs more environmentally friendly, which is important because they are going to be very useful in the future. |
Keywords
* Artificial intelligence * Attention * Inference * Knowledge distillation * Transformer
