2024 LetsReproduceGPT2124M
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- (Karpathy, 2024a) ⇒ Andrej Karpathy. (2024). “Let's Reproduce GPT-2 (124M).” YouTube.
Subject Headings: GPT-2, Transformer-based LLM Learning.
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- It covers the entire process of reproducing the GPT-2 (124M) model from scratch, starting from understanding the model's architecture to setting up the training run and finally generating text samples. It emphasizes the importance of comprehending the underlying principles and techniques involved in replicating such a sophisticated model accurately.
- It begins with the detailed implementation of the GPT-2 architecture in PyTorch, highlighting the differences from the original Transformer. It explains the modifications specific to GPT-2, such as the reordering of layer normalization and the addition of specific layers, ensuring a thorough understanding of the model's structure.
- It includes loading the pre-trained GPT-2 model weights using the Hugging Face library, providing insights into the intricacies of handling token and positional embeddings. It ensures that viewers can correctly initialize and utilize the model weights to replicate the performance of the original GPT-2.
- It details the forward pass implementation to generate logits from input sequences, meticulously explaining each step involved. It covers the addition of token and positional embeddings, the transformation of inputs through the network layers, and the final generation of logits, crucial for predicting the next tokens in a sequence.
- It demonstrates the tokenization process and preparation of input sequences for generation, using practical examples. It illustrates how to encode text into tokens, create batches of input data, and handle the corresponding labels, ensuring that the data is appropriately formatted for training and evaluation.
- It implements a sampling loop for generating text from the model, explaining the importance of techniques such as top-k sampling to maintain coherence in the generated sequences. It shows how to generate multiple completions from a given prefix, providing practical insights into the model's text generation capabilities.
- It optimizes training speed using GPUs and mixed precision techniques, significantly reducing the time required to train the model. It leverages modern hardware capabilities and efficient computation methods, demonstrating how to achieve faster training times without compromising model performance.
- It employs the AdamW optimizer for efficient training, detailing why this optimizer is preferred over others like stochastic gradient descent (SGD). It explains the benefits of AdamW, such as improved convergence rates and better handling of large models, ensuring effective optimization of the GPT-2 parameters.
- It shares techniques for debugging and verifying model implementation, including tips on ensuring tensors are on the correct devices and checking parameter initializations. It emphasizes the importance of thorough debugging to maintain the reliability and accuracy of the model replication process.
- It discusses the usage of datasets and validation for model training, highlighting the importance of selecting appropriate datasets and splitting data for training and validation. It ensures that the model is evaluated correctly and performs well on unseen data, crucial for assessing its generalization capabilities.
- It includes optimization strategies like learning rate schedulers, gradient clipping, and batch size scheduling to enhance training efficiency. It demonstrates how to fine-tune hyperparameters and manage training dynamics effectively, leading to better model performance and stability.
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We reproduce the GPT-2 (124M) from scratch. This video covers the whole process: First we build the GPT-2 network, then we optimize its training to be really fast, then we set up the training run following the GPT-2 and GPT-3 paper and their hyperparameters, then we hit run, and come back the next morning to see our results, and enjoy some amusing model generations. Keep in mind that in some places this video builds on the knowledge from earlier videos in the Zero to Hero Playlist (see my channel). You could also see this video as building my nanoGPT repo, which by the end is about 90% similar.
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| Author | volume | Date Value | title | type | journal | titleUrl | doi | note | year | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 LetsReproduceGPT2124M | Andrej Karpathy (1986-) | Let's Reproduce GPT-2 (124M) | 2024 |