Summary of Observational Scaling Laws and the Predictability Of Language Model Performance, by Yangjun Ruan et al.
Observational Scaling Laws and the Predictability of Language Model Performance
by Yangjun Ruan, Chris J. Maddison, Tatsunori Hashimoto
First submitted to arxiv on: 17 May 2024
Categories
- Main: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
- Secondary: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI); Computation and Language (cs.CL); Machine Learning (stat.ML)
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| High | Paper authors | High Difficulty Summary Read the original abstract here |
| Medium | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Medium Difficulty Summary A novel observational approach is proposed to build scaling laws for language models, bypassing the need for training multiple models at varying scales. The method leverages publicly available models to identify a low-dimensional capability space that explains performance variations across different model families and their training compute efficiencies. This framework predicts complex scaling phenomena, including emergent behaviors and agent performance, with surprising accuracy. The approach also enables the forecasting of post-training interventions’ impact on language model capabilities. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary Language models are getting better at understanding human language, but how they perform varies greatly depending on how big they are. Researchers found a new way to understand this by looking at many existing language models instead of training new ones. They discovered that these models all fit into a small space that determines their performance, and that’s useful for predicting how well they’ll do in different situations. |
Keywords
» Artificial intelligence » Language model » Scaling laws
