Summary of On the Effectiveness Of Incremental Training Of Large Language Models, by Miles Q. Li et al.
On the Effectiveness of Incremental Training of Large Language Models
by Miles Q. Li, Benjamin C. M. Fung, Shih-Chia Huang
First submitted to arxiv on: 27 Nov 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 The proposed incremental layer-wise training strategy aims to optimize the computationally intensive process of training large language models (LLMs) by progressively introducing layers. This approach is investigated in this paper, dividing the training process into multiple stages where layers are added progressively. The results show that while the incremental approach initially demonstrates some computational efficiency, it ultimately requires greater overall computational costs to reach comparable performance to traditional full-scale training. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary This study investigates whether incremental layer-wise training can be a viable alternative for training large language models. Researchers divide the training process into multiple stages where layers are added progressively and find that while the incremental approach initially demonstrates some computational efficiency, it ultimately requires greater overall computational costs to reach comparable performance to traditional full-scale training. |
