Every month is a busy month for LLM research. However, this month has been particularly interesting due to the release of new state-of-the-art base models, such as Meta's Llama 2 model suite. Double kudos: this new iteration of Llama models comes without any major restrictions and a very detailed 77-page report on arXiv!
Sebastian, if you had to pick just one of these as being the most important, what would you pick? In the deluge of news, I really value the expertise and experience of folks like you.
Good question. I seriously admire people who can get work done on mobile. Makes me feel like a dinosaur but I prefer a desktop setup. Laptops are fine for traveling but I am so much more efficient on a big monitor with external keyboard and mouse.
Same (although laptop suffices for my needs). There's something important about using my hands when I'm thinking, and so typing/writing is like a direct connection straight from my brain to the outside world.
With a mobile device, I feel like the medium lends itself well to very short, unimportant thoughts. Communicating on the surface is very easy, but establishing a more meaningful connection, especially if you're trying to write, is all but impossible.
For me, anyway! I'm pretty sure every Gen Zer reading this will roll their eyes and welcome me to the 21st century... but I also think there's something to this.
Thank you! It's getting very hard to keep up with the papers but we can rely on you to share the most important and interesting ones with us.
It's nice to hear that these summaries are useful!
Sebastian, if you had to pick just one of these as being the most important, what would you pick? In the deluge of news, I really value the expertise and experience of folks like you.
I'd say Llama 2 then. It's my (and most people's) go-to base LLM now :)
Thanks, Seb! Do you do much from mobile? I'm still strictly a laptop guy right now.
Good question. I seriously admire people who can get work done on mobile. Makes me feel like a dinosaur but I prefer a desktop setup. Laptops are fine for traveling but I am so much more efficient on a big monitor with external keyboard and mouse.
Same (although laptop suffices for my needs). There's something important about using my hands when I'm thinking, and so typing/writing is like a direct connection straight from my brain to the outside world.
With a mobile device, I feel like the medium lends itself well to very short, unimportant thoughts. Communicating on the surface is very easy, but establishing a more meaningful connection, especially if you're trying to write, is all but impossible.
For me, anyway! I'm pretty sure every Gen Zer reading this will roll their eyes and welcome me to the 21st century... but I also think there's something to this.
Your "Research Highlights in Three Sentences or Less" postings: The only must-read on Substack.
And truth be told, I enjoy ALL your postings, not just these.