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4 claims from 3 papers

1. Computer Science › Advanced Neural Network Applications

   EfficientNet: Rethinking Model Scaling for Convolutional Neural Networks

   Tan and Le · arXiv (Cornell University) · 2019

   The paper studies how to scale convolutional networks by balancing depth, width and resolution, and uses this to build EfficientNets that report better accuracy and efficiency than earlier ConvNets.

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   1. UncheckedThe paper's EfficientNet-B7 reaches 84.3% top-1 accuracy on ImageNet, being 8.4x smaller and 6.1x faster at inference than the best existing ConvNet.“In particular, our EfficientNet-B7 achieves state-of-the-art 84.3% top-1 accuracy on ImageNet, while being 8.4x smaller and 6.1x faster on inference than the best existing ConvNet.”

2. Computer Science › Topic Modeling

   Emergent Abilities of Large Language Models

   Jason, Tay, Bommasani et al. · arXiv (Cornell University) · 2022

   The paper discusses emergent abilities of large language models, which appear only in larger models, and says their existence implies further scaling could widen what language models can do.

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   1. UncheckedThe paper defines emergent abilities as absent in smaller models but present in larger ones, so they cannot be predicted by extrapolating from smaller models.“Thus, emergent abilities cannot be predicted simply by extrapolating the performance of smaller models.”

3. Computer Science › Topic Modeling

   Scaling Language Models: Methods, Analysis & Insights from Training Gopher

   Rae, Borgeaud, Cai et al. · arXiv (Cornell University) · 2021

   The paper analyses Transformer language models from tens of millions to 280 billion parameters (Gopher), covering performance across tasks, training data, bias and toxicity, and AI safety.

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   1. UncheckedMaking language models larger helps most with reading comprehension, fact-checking and spotting toxic language, and less with logical and mathematical reasoning.“Gains from scale are largest in areas such as reading comprehension, fact-checking, and the identification of toxic language, but logical and mathematical reasoning see less benefit.”
   2. UncheckedLanguage models of many sizes, up to the 280-billion-parameter Gopher, were tested on 152 varied tasks and reached state-of-the-art results on most.“These models are evaluated on 152 diverse tasks, achieving state-of-the-art performance across the majority.”