Summary of A Mathematical Theory For Learning Semantic Languages by Abstract Learners, By Kuo-yu Liao et al.
A Mathematical Theory for Learning Semantic Languages by Abstract Learners
by Kuo-Yu Liao, Cheng-Shang Chang, Y.-W. Peter Hong
First submitted to arxiv on: 10 Apr 2024
Categories
- Main: Computation and Language (cs.CL)
- Secondary: Information Theory (cs.IT); 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 The paper explores the emergence of learned skills in Large Language Models (LLMs) when the number of system parameters and training data reach certain thresholds. Inspired by the skill-text bipartite graph model, the authors develop a mathematical theory explaining this phenomenon by modeling the learning process as an iterative decoding process in Low-Density Parity Check (LDPC) codes and Irregular Repetition Slotted ALOHA (IRSA). The analysis demonstrates the emergence of learned skills when the ratio of training texts to skills exceeds a threshold, yielding a scaling law for testing errors. The authors also derive conditions for the existence of a giant component in the skill association graph, applicable to settings with hierarchy or multiple classes of skills and texts. As an application, the paper proposes a method for semantic compression and its connections to semantic communication. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary The paper investigates why Large Language Models can learn new skills when they get very big. It uses a special kind of math to understand how this happens. The authors show that when there’s a certain ratio of training data to skills, the model will start to learn new things on its own. They also figure out a way to compress meaning into smaller packets, which is important for sending information. |
