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1. Computer Science › Topic Modeling

   Emergent Modularity in Pre-trained Transformers

   Zhang, Zhiyuan, Lin et al. · arXiv (Cornell University) · 2023

   The paper examines whether pre-trained Transformers show brain-like modularity, finding specialised neurons and function-based expert groups, and studies how this structure emerges during pre-training.

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   1. UncheckedDuring pre-training of Transformers, the modular grouping of neurons settles early, sooner than the individual neurons' own functions settle.“Finally, we study how modularity emerges during pre-training, and find that the modular structure is stabilized at the early stage, which is faster than neuron stabilization.”