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As I am sure many of you are aware, there is a growing discussion around the plateauing of Large Language Models (LLMs), and how alternative approaches like Specialized Language Models (SLMs) could address these limitations. Given the huge amounts of venture capital going into LLMs and chips at the tech cartel and, the internal investments at the big consultants and corporations, what’s left of actual free market capitalism needs to spend it’s money wisely. No one wants to keep up with the cool crowd if they transpire to be lemmings running off the cliff.
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The Law Of Diminishing LLM returns
The concept of diminishing returns applied to Large Language Models (LLMs) suggests that as models continue to grow in size and consume more data, the improvements in their performance may start to decrease. Essentially, the gains achieved become less significant for each additional unit of input (data, compute, etc.). Blindly pursuing larger LLMs may not be the most efficient use of resources. Exploring alternative approaches like SLMs, fine-tuning, and hybrid models could unlock new possibilities and drive further progress in AI.
The LLM Plateau
How SLMs Can Fill the Gap
The law of diminishing returns in LLMs doesn’t imply that progress has stopped. Instead, it highlights the need for more strategic approaches to development, focusing on efficiency, specialization, and addressing the limitations of current models. While LLMs have significantly advanced natural language processing, they are reaching a point of diminishing returns from simply scaling up. SLMs offer a promising avenue for addressing specific limitations by focusing on domain expertise, efficiency, and explainability. A combination of both approaches is likely to shape the future of language models and their applications.
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