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Dispersion loss counteracts embedding condensation in small language models

https://chenliu-1996.github.io/projects/LM-Dispersion/
15•E-Reverance•1h ago

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lwansbrough•38m ago
Anyone with a billion dollars want to try this and report back?
nullc•23m ago
From the paper it appears that it's probably more useful on small-ish models.
aetherspawn•36m ago
It makes sense to me that distributing across more parameters results in models that can be quant more heavily (information theory - more bits available)

I wonder if anyone has figured out how the information is compressed and calculated the amount of information an LLM can hold depending on its size

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Dispersion loss counteracts embedding condensation in small language models

https://chenliu-1996.github.io/projects/LM-Dispersion/
15•E-Reverance•1h ago•3 comments

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527•ahlCVA•11h ago•97 comments

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123•yehiaabdelm•17h ago•149 comments