The content delves into the significance of scaling laws in optimizing large language models by predicting loss trajectories accurately. It discusses key factors such as model size, training steps, batch size, and hyperparameters that influence the performance of language models. The experiments validate the efficacy of scaling laws in predicting loss trajectories for different datasets and model sizes.
The study highlights how scaling laws can aid in determining optimal configurations without extensive tuning on very large models. It also addresses challenges such as determining batch sizes, model sizes, computational budgets, data mix ratios, and context lengths efficiently using scaling laws. The goal is to provide a principled methodology for training large language models effectively.
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by Hui Su,Zhi T... at arxiv.org 03-12-2024
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