Summary of Tracing Representation Progression: Analyzing and Enhancing Layer-wise Similarity, by Jiachen Jiang and Jinxin Zhou and Zhihui Zhu
Tracing Representation Progression: Analyzing and Enhancing Layer-Wise Similarity
by Jiachen Jiang, Jinxin Zhou, Zhihui Zhu
First submitted to arxiv on: 20 Jun 2024
Categories
- Main: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI)
- Secondary: Computation and Language (cs.CL); Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (cs.CV); 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 investigates internal representation similarity in transformer models, focusing on the relationship between hidden layers within individual transformers. A simple sample-wise cosine similarity metric is introduced, which aligns with Centered Kernel Alignment (CKA) and captures the increasing positive correlation of representations across layers. Theoretical justification is provided under a geodesic curve assumption for the learned transformer. Experimental results reveal that aligned training methods can improve shallow layer effectiveness, leading to increased early saturation events, monotonic layer-wise accuracies, and minimal depth requirements for specific tasks. Multi-exit models achieve on-par performance with standard architectures. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary The paper looks at how similar the internal thoughts are in a special type of artificial intelligence called transformers. They find that as you go deeper into these “thoughts”, they become more alike. This is important because it can help us make these AI systems better and faster. The researchers also show that by training these systems to work together, we can get them to be even more accurate. |
Keywords
» Artificial intelligence » Alignment » Cosine similarity » Transformer
