Summary of Quantifying the Capabilities Of Llms Across Scale and Precision, by Sher Badshah and Hassan Sajjad
Quantifying the Capabilities of LLMs across Scale and Precision
by Sher Badshah, Hassan Sajjad
First submitted to arxiv on: 6 May 2024
Categories
- Main: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
- Secondary: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI); Computation and Language (cs.CL)
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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 investigates the effect of model scale and quantization on the performance of Large Language Models (LLMs). It explores two approaches to address the limitations of large models: using smaller versions (e.g., Llama 7B instead of Llama 70B) and reducing memory requirements through quantization. The study evaluates the impact of these approaches on model performance by experimenting with open-source instruct models ranging from 7 billion to 70 billion parameters, across various tasks such as natural language understanding, reasoning, misinformation detection, and hallucination. The results show that larger models generally outperform their smaller counterparts, suggesting that scale remains an important factor in enhancing performance. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary The study looks at how making Large Language Models (LLMs) bigger or smaller affects how well they work. Researchers wanted to see if using a smaller version of a model (like Llama 7B instead of Llama 70B) or reducing the amount of memory it needs by “quantizing” it would help with this problem. They tested many different models and tasks, like understanding language, making logical connections, spotting fake news, and creating new information. The results show that bigger models usually work better than smaller ones, so size still matters when making these models. |
Keywords
» Artificial intelligence » Hallucination » Language understanding » Llama » Quantization
