Discarding the Pre-training Head for Downstream Adaptation
After a model's parameters have been optimized during pre-training, the subsequent step in adapting the model is to remove the pre-training-specific output layer, denoted by the parameters . This layer is discarded because it is exclusively tailored to the pre-training objective and is not applicable to downstream tasks. Dropping it leaves the core pre-trained encoder, parameterized by , ready to be either further fine-tuned or directly applied as a fixed feature extractor for new applications.
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Ch.1 Pre-training - Foundations of Large Language Models
Foundations of Large Language Models
Foundations of Large Language Models Course
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Transfer knowledge of a PTM to the downstream NLP tasks
Fine-Tuning Strategies
Applications of PTMs
Fine-tuning for Sequence Encoding Models
Fine-Tuning Pre-trained Models for Downstream Tasks
Freezing Encoder Parameters During Fine-Tuning
Discarding the Pre-training Head for Downstream Adaptation
Textual Instructions for Task Adaptation
Influence of Downstream Task on Model Architecture
Broad Applications of Fine-Tuning in LLM Development
Scope of Introductory Fine-Tuning Discussion
LLM Alignment
Pre-train and Fine-tune Paradigm for Encoder Models
Necessity of Fine-Tuning for Downstream Task Adaptation
Fine-Tuning as a Standard Adaptation Method for LLMs
Prompting in Language Models
Fine-Tuning as a Mechanism for Activating Pre-Trained Knowledge
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Efficiency of LLM Adaptation via Prompting
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Selecting an Adaptation Strategy for a Pre-trained Model
Learn After
Troubleshooting a Model Adaptation Pipeline
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Rationale for Modifying a Pre-trained Model