Category: Machine Learning

Activation Logging and Internal State Monitoring One foundational approach is activation logging, which involves recording the internal activations (neuron outputs, attention patterns, etc.) of a model during its forward pass. By inspecting these activations, researchers can identify which parts of the network are highly active or contributing to a given output. Many open-source transformer models…

The Temperature parameter is a crucial setting used in generative AI models, such as large language models (LLMs), to influence the randomness and perceived creativity of the generated output. It directly affects the probability distribution of potential next words. Understanding the Basics What the Temperature Value Does In Practical Terms Using the sentence “The cat sat on…

The “Probability Threshold for Top-p (Nucleus) Sampling” is a parameter used in generative AI models, like large language models (LLMs), to control the randomness and creativity of the output text. Here’s a breakdown of what it does: Understanding the Basics What the Threshold Value Does In Practical Terms Imagine you’re asking the model to complete…

A recent patent application* reveals an innovative method for training AI models to become more effective at understanding and answering human queries. The approach tackles a fundamental challenge in modern search technology: how to teach AI systems to truly understand what people are looking for, rather than just matching keywords. The Core Innovation The traditional…

Paper: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2501.18119 This paper proposes a method called Self-Supervised Quantized Representation (SSQR) for seamlessly integrating Knowledge Graphs (KGs) with Large Language Models (LLMs). The key idea is to compress the structural and semantic information of entities in KGs into discrete codes (like tokens in natural language) that can be directly input into LLMs. Here’s a…

Summary by: https://illuminate.google.comPaper: https://arxiv.org/abs/1706.03762 Host Welcome to this discussion on the groundbreaking paper, “Attention Is All You Need.” This paper introduces the Transformer, a novel neural network architecture based solely on the attention mechanism, eliminating the need for recurrence and convolutions. Let’s start with the core motivation behind this work. What were the limitations of…