Summary of Llm-based Optimization Of Compound Ai Systems: a Survey, by Matthieu Lin et al.
LLM-based Optimization of Compound AI Systems: A Survey
by Matthieu Lin, Jenny Sheng, Andrew Zhao, Shenzhi Wang, Yang Yue, Yiran Wu, Huan Liu, Jun Liu, Gao Huang, Yong-Jin Liu
First submitted to arxiv on: 21 Oct 2024
Categories
- Main: Computation and Language (cs.CL)
- Secondary: 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 presents a survey of the principles and emerging trends in Large Language Model (LLM)-based optimization of compound AI systems. It covers archetypes of compound AI systems, approaches to LLM-based end-to-end optimization, and insights into future directions and broader impacts. The survey uses concepts from program analysis to provide a unified view of how an LLM optimizer is prompted to optimize a compound AI system. This includes leveraging LLMs as optimizers, which avoids gradient computation and can generate complex code and instructions. The paper aims to provide a comprehensive overview of the field, highlighting key findings and potential applications. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary In simple terms, this paper looks at how artificial intelligence (AI) systems work together to achieve tasks. It focuses on using special language models called Large Language Models (LLMs) to make these AI systems more efficient. The paper explains how LLMs can be used as “optimizers” to improve the performance of these AI systems without needing to calculate complex math problems. This has big implications for how we use AI in the future and could lead to new applications like better language translation or improved decision-making. |
Keywords
» Artificial intelligence » Large language model » Optimization » Translation
