Finally get to try the new bart trains! I've been literally waiting months for this. Will live tweet the experience.
Vaishaal Shankar
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- We have released our DCLM models on huggingface! To our knowledge these are by far the best performing truly open-source models (open data, open weight models, open training code) 1/5
- I am really excited to introduce DataComp for Language Models (DCLM), our new testbed for controlled dataset experiments aimed at improving language models. 1/x
- Replying to @VaishaalLooks like the good-ol reboot trick didn't work. Now we are going to exit the train! In the tunnel! This is the most exciting commute I've had
- Replying to @VaishaalThey are trying to fix the train by turning the computer off and on again. I am sure this will work.
- Replying to @VaishaalThe bart technician says this is all because "all this technology is too new" [points to train].
- I had an argument with @PreetumNakkiran about MLPs 4 years ago. He said with enough data + compute the MLP/ConvNet gap would go to 0. I was convolution-pilled and convinced this wasn't possible. He was right:
- Replying to @hankgreenIt's a multiple choice exam that covers ~57 subjects. It's generally a good benchmark for capabilities of a model. 90% just means the model got 90% of these questions right. The paper is not a terrible read:
- Replying to @Vaishaalthese trains are so much quieter I can hear the sound of my own thoughts
- Neural Kernels Without Tangents arxiv.org/abs/2003.02237 Joint work with Alex Fang, @WSguo, Sara Fridovich-Keil, @lschmidt3, @jrk and @beenwrekt Taking inspiration from convolutional networks, we construct high performance kernel functions for image classification (1/6)
- Replying to @VaishaalWell we evacuated the train successfully! Turns out we were only few hundred yards from 12 street bart
00:00 - Replying to @VaishaalWelp so much for that honeymoon phase. Looks like the train stopped abruptly in the tunnel before 12th street.
- Replying to @VaishaalThey have succesfully dimmed the lights and turned off the AC.




