A sleep-like consolidation mechanism for LLMs
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Re: A sleep-like consolidation mechanism for LLMs
#2Isn't this simply context pruning/optimization?
Re: A sleep-like consolidation mechanism for LLMs
#3Isn't this simply context pruning/optimization?
From the abstract, it looks like it's actually doing something deeper, updating weights in part of the model?
Re: A sleep-like consolidation mechanism for LLMs
#4I can't pretend to understand how LLMs work, but I can be sure that anthropomorphizing their functions is not helpful to an objective debate over their abilities.
Does a motor vehicle get "sleep" when it is serviced? When I reboot a computer, is that equivalent to a nap?
Re: A sleep-like consolidation mechanism for LLMs
#5I can't pretend to understand how LLMs work, but I can be sure that anthropomorphizing their functions is not helpful to an objective debate over their abilities. Does a motor vehicle get "sleep" when it is serviced? When I reboot a computer, is that equivalent to a nap?
I assume compacting is the sleep here; so, yes
Re: A sleep-like consolidation mechanism for LLMs
#6I can't pretend to understand how LLMs work, but I can be sure that anthropomorphizing their functions is not helpful to an objective debate over their abilities. Does a motor vehicle get "sleep" when it is serviced? When I reboot a computer, is that equivalent to a nap?
This is the struggle of naming papers. You could stretch definitions and make your own sexy headline or you could be precise and fewer people will read it.
Re: A sleep-like consolidation mechanism for LLMs
#7I can't pretend to understand how LLMs work, but I can be sure that anthropomorphizing their functions is not helpful to an objective debate over their abilities. Does a motor vehicle get "sleep" when it is serviced? When I reboot a computer, is that equivalent to a nap?
>we study a sleep-like consolidation mechanism in which a model periodically converts recent context into persistent fast weights before clearing its key-value cache
There is a strong, non-trivial connection here between what your brain does in sleep and what they are studying.
You wouldn't object to referring to robot eyes or robot legs.
Re: A sleep-like consolidation mechanism for LLMs
#8I can't pretend to understand how LLMs work, but I can be sure that anthropomorphizing their functions is not helpful to an objective debate over their abilities. Does a motor vehicle get "sleep" when it is serviced? When I reboot a computer, is that equivalent to a nap?
The analogy is helpful, but yes we should be able to “intelligently design” something better than sleep analogues since we’re not constrained by evolution like in humans.
Re: A sleep-like consolidation mechanism for LLMs
#9I can't pretend to understand how LLMs work, but I can be sure that anthropomorphizing their functions is not helpful to an objective debate over their abilities. Does a motor vehicle get "sleep" when it is serviced? When I reboot a computer, is that equivalent to a nap?
See also, perhaps: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48273597
Re: A sleep-like consolidation mechanism for LLMs
#10I can't pretend to understand how LLMs work, but I can be sure that anthropomorphizing their functions is not helpful to an objective debate over their abilities. Does a motor vehicle get "sleep" when it is serviced? When I reboot a computer, is that equivalent to a nap?
If it works, it's called bionics, not anthropomorphization ;)