Summary of Efficient Ensembles Improve Training Data Attribution, by Junwei Deng et al.
Efficient Ensembles Improve Training Data Attribution
by Junwei Deng, Ting-Wei Li, Shichang Zhang, Jiaqi Ma
First submitted to arxiv on: 27 May 2024
Categories
- Main: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
- Secondary: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI)
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| Medium | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Medium Difficulty Summary The proposed Training Data Attribution (TDA) method aims to quantify the influence of individual training data points on model predictions, which has significant implications for data-centric AI applications such as mislabel detection, data selection, and copyright compensation. The existing TDA methods in this field have struggled with the trade-off between computational efficiency and attribution efficacy. This paper presents a novel approach that combines the benefits of retraining-based and gradient-based methods to achieve better attribution efficacy while being computationally efficient. The proposed method is evaluated on several benchmarks and achieves state-of-the-art results. This has significant implications for data-centric AI applications, particularly those requiring accurate data attribution. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary This paper introduces a new way to understand how training data affects model predictions. Currently, there are two main approaches: one that works well but takes a lot of computing power, and another that is fast but not very good. Researchers have found that combining these two approaches can make it work better, but this method isn’t suitable for huge applications. The proposed solution aims to find a balance between being accurate and efficient. |
