Summary of Leveraging Free Energy in Pretraining Model Selection For Improved Fine-tuning, by Michael Munn et al.
Leveraging free energy in pretraining model selection for improved fine-tuning
by Michael Munn, Susan Wei
First submitted to arxiv on: 8 Oct 2024
Categories
- Main: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
- Secondary: None
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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 introduces a Bayesian model selection criterion called the downstream free energy, which quantifies a checkpoint’s adaptability for a specific downstream task. The criterion measures the concentration of nearby favorable parameters for the task and can be implemented without access to the downstream data or prior knowledge of the task. The authors demonstrate that the free energy criterion reliably correlates with improved fine-tuning performance, offering a principled approach to predicting model adaptability. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary The paper explores how foundation models like BERT and GPT are pre-trained on big datasets and then used for specific tasks. It looks at what makes some checkpoints better than others for adapting to new tasks. The researchers developed a way to measure this, called the downstream free energy, which helps predict how well a model will work on a new task. This method works without needing any data or prior knowledge about the task. |
Keywords
* Artificial intelligence * Bert * Fine tuning * Gpt
