Summary of Neuron Empirical Gradient: Discovering and Quantifying Neurons Global Linear Controllability, by Xin Zhao et al.
Neuron Empirical Gradient: Discovering and Quantifying Neurons Global Linear Controllability
by Xin Zhao, Zehui Jiang, Naoki Yoshinaga
First submitted to arxiv on: 24 Dec 2024
Categories
- Main: Computation and Language (cs.CL)
- Secondary: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI)
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| High | Paper authors | High Difficulty Summary Read the original abstract here |
| Medium | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Medium Difficulty Summary This paper investigates the role of activation values in pre-trained language models (PLMs) and introduces NeurGrad, an efficient method for computing neuron empirical gradients (NEGs). By analyzing the linear relationship between neuron activations and model outputs on a knowledge probing dataset, the study discovers that NEGs can be used to quantify the controllability of neurons. This finding enables further analysis of all neurons in PLMs, advancing our understanding of their influence on output. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary This paper helps us better understand how language models work by studying the connection between neuron activity and model performance. The researchers found a surprising link between these two factors and developed a new method to measure this relationship, called NeurGrad. This breakthrough will help us learn more about individual neurons in language models and improve their ability to edit knowledge. |
