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New method improves expectation estimation for autoregressive language models

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A new paper on arXiv introduces a method for more efficient estimation of expectations under autoregressive language models. The technique, called potentials, leverages next-token conditional probabilities to decompose test functionals additively. This approach aims to reduce the variance of estimators, leading to substantial improvements across various estimands and applications with comparable computational costs. AI

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New method improves expectation estimation for autoregressive language models

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  1. arXiv cs.AI TIER_1 English(EN) · Francesco I. Re, Shubhangi Ghosh, Tim Vieira, Ryan Cotterell ·

    Estimating great expectations under autoregressive language models with potentials

    arXiv:2610.11399v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Many applications of language models hinge not on individual samples but on the expectation of a test functional under the model. Estimating such expectations reliably can be computationally expensive. In this paper, we show how to …

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