Summary of Towards An Empirical Understanding Of Moe Design Choices, by Dongyang Fan et al.
Towards an empirical understanding of MoE design choices
by Dongyang Fan, Bettina Messmer, Martin Jaggi
First submitted to arxiv on: 20 Feb 2024
Categories
- Main: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
- Secondary: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI); Computation and Language (cs.CL)
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| High | Paper authors | High Difficulty Summary Read the original abstract here |
| Medium | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Medium Difficulty Summary This study investigates the effects of various design choices in Mixture of Experts (MoEs) on validation performance. The research finds distinct influences at both token and sequence levels, providing valuable insights for model optimization. Interestingly, the results show that a learned router is not necessarily better than a frozen, randomly initialized one, challenging the idea that learned routing is essential. Furthermore, the study reveals that sequence-level routing can lead to topic-specific weak expert specialization, whereas token-level routing promotes syntax specialization. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary This paper looks at how different settings in Mixture of Experts (MoEs) affect performance. It shows that some choices work better at certain levels, like tokens or sequences. The study also finds that the way you route experts isn’t as important as people thought. Additionally, it discovers that a specific way of routing experts can make them focus on certain topics. |
Keywords
* Artificial intelligence * Mixture of experts * Optimization * Syntax * Token
