Empirical Power Law for LLM Loss vs. Dataset Size (D)
An empirical fit formulated by Kaplan et al. (2020) demonstrates that a language model's test loss, denoted by , decreases as a power-law function of the training dataset size, denoted by . After an initial transient phase, this relationship is mathematically defined as . In this equation, is the scaling exponent and is an empirically derived constant.
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Ch.2 Generative Models - Foundations of Large Language Models
Foundations of Large Language Models
Foundations of Large Language Models Course
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Two language models, Model A and Model B, have their performance (loss, L) modeled as a function of a resource
x(wherex > 1). The relationship for each is described by a power law equation:- Model A:
L(x) = 0.5 * x^-0.1 - Model B:
L(x) = 0.5 * x^-0.2
Based on these equations, which statement correctly analyzes the models' improvement as more of the resource
xis used?- Model A:
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