Summary of Instruction Fine-tuning: Does Prompt Loss Matter?, by Mathew Huerta-enochian et al.
Instruction Fine-Tuning: Does Prompt Loss Matter?
by Mathew Huerta-Enochian, Seung Yong Ko
First submitted to arxiv on: 24 Jan 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 prompt loss token weights (PLWs) on supervised instruction fine-tuning (SIFT). Previous research suggested that using non-zero PLWs can stabilize learning when fine-tuning on short-completion data, but this claim was never empirically confirmed. The authors found a statistically significant negative quadratic relationship between PLW and performance for models fine-tuned on short-completion data. Specifically, small PLW values (0.01-0.5) outperformed those fine-tuned on long-completion data on multiple-choice and short-generation benchmarks, while large PLW values (~1.0) performed better on long-generation benchmarks. The study highlights the importance of providing a PLW parameter for SIFT and serves as a warning to API providers. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary This research looks at how fine-tuning AI models works when given prompts or clues. Usually, these prompts are masked (hidden), but some systems let you adjust the strength of the prompt. The study found that using small hints (small PLW values) helps AI models learn better from short pieces of text, while big hints (large PLW values) help them learn better from longer texts. This is important because it means that AI model fine-tuning providers should offer a way to adjust this hint strength. |
Keywords
* Artificial intelligence * Fine tuning * Prompt * Supervised * Token
