STAT-MECHLGDec 17, 2024

How to explain grokking

arXiv:2412.18624v32 citationsh-index: 1
Originality Incremental advance
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This addresses a fundamental issue in machine learning theory for researchers seeking to understand generalization dynamics, though it appears incremental as it builds on existing concepts like Langevin dynamics.

The paper tackled the problem of explaining grokking, a phenomenon of delayed generalization in learning, by modeling it using stochastic gradient Langevin dynamics and applying thermodynamic ideas, resulting in a theoretical framework to understand this behavior.

Explanation of grokking (delayed generalization) in learning is given by modeling grokking by the stochastic gradient Langevin dynamics (Brownian motion) and applying the ideas of thermodynamics.

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