LlamaCast

By: Shahriar Shariati
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  • Daily podcast about the published articles in the LLM field.
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  • Scaling Laws for Precision

    Scaling Laws for Precision
    Nov 18 2024
    ⚖️ Scaling Laws for Precision

    This research paper investigates the impact of precision in training and inference on the performance of large language models. The authors explore how precision affects the effective parameter count and propose scaling laws that predict performance degradation due to low-precision training and post-training quantization. They find that overtrained models are more sensitive to post-training quantization, and that training larger models in lower precision might be computationally optimal. Their unified scaling law accounts for both training and post-training effects and predicts loss in varied precision settings, ultimately suggesting that the standard practice of training models in 16-bit might be suboptimal.

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    19 mins
  • Test-Time Training

    Test-Time Training
    Nov 14 2024
    ⌛️ The Surprising Effectiveness of Test-Time Training for Abstract Reasoning

    This paper examines how test-time training (TTT) can enhance the abstract reasoning abilities of large language models (LLMs). TTT, which updates model parameters during inference, significantly improves performance on the Abstraction and Reasoning Corpus (ARC) benchmark. Key factors for effective TTT include initial fine-tuning, auxiliary tasks, and instance-specific training. The approach achieves state-of-the-art results on ARC, even matching human averages with program synthesis. This study suggests that dedicating computation at test time, rather than relying on symbolic components, may be essential for complex reasoning tasks.

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    15 mins
  • Qwen2.5-Coder

    Qwen2.5-Coder
    Nov 12 2024
    🔷 Qwen2.5-Coder Technical Report

    The report introduces the Qwen2.5-Coder series, which includes the Qwen2.5-Coder-1.5B and Qwen2.5-Coder-7B models. These models are specifically designed for coding tasks and have been pre-trained on a massive dataset of 5.5 trillion code-related tokens. A significant focus is placed on data quality, with detailed cleaning and filtering processes, and advanced training techniques such as file-level and repo-level pre-training. The models were rigorously tested on various benchmarks, including code generation, completion, reasoning, repair, and text-to-SQL tasks, where they demonstrated strong performance, even surpassing larger models in some areas. The report concludes with suggestions for future research, such as scaling model size and enhancing reasoning abilities.

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    24 mins

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