Summary of Weight Decay Induces Low-rank Attention Layers, by Seijin Kobayashi et al.
Weight decay induces low-rank attention layers
by Seijin Kobayashi, Yassir Akram, Johannes Von Oswald
First submitted to arxiv on: 31 Oct 2024
Categories
- Main: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
- Secondary: None
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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 investigation into the impact of regularizers like weight decay on deep neural networks is presented. The study focuses on a specific type of interaction between parameter matrices that is common in attention layers, which are crucial components of transformers. It shows that when training these models with L2-regularization and weight decay, the losses become identical exponentially quickly during training. This insight complements existing work linking L2-regualrization to low-rank regularization. The findings suggest that decoupling weight decay in attention layers from other model parameters can be beneficial. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary Researchers are trying to understand how regularizers like weight decay affect deep neural networks. They found out that when certain types of matrices interact with each other, using L2-regularization and weight decay makes the network train faster and better. This is important because it helps us know why some methods work well for language models. |
Keywords
» Artificial intelligence » Attention » Regularization
