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TinyBERT finetuned for data structure recognition without English

A user successfully performed their first finetuning exercise on TinyBERT, a small transformer model with 4.4 million parameters. The goal of this training is to enable the model to recognize and convert data structures without requiring English language input. This approach aims to replace traditional SQL queries with small LLM workers capable of pattern recognition for information retrieval. AI

IMPACT Demonstrates potential for small LLMs to handle specific data processing tasks, reducing reliance on complex query languages.

RANK_REASON User-led finetuning of a small, older model for a specific task. [lever_c_demoted from research: ic=1 ai=1.0]

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TinyBERT finetuned for data structure recognition without English

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  1. Mastodon — fosstodon.org TIER_1 English(EN) · [email protected] ·

    # Copilot and I successfully did our first finetuning exercise on tinyBERT, an old transformer model with only 4.4M parameters. We are training it to recognize

    # Copilot and I successfully did our first finetuning exercise on tinyBERT, an old transformer model with only 4.4M parameters. We are training it to recognize data structures and to convert one structure to another structure. It doesn't need to even speak English. We will wire i…