Why Inference in Large Models Becomes Decomposable After Training
This addresses the scalability issue in inference for large models, which is a critical bottleneck for deployment, though it is incremental as it builds on existing training methods.
The paper tackles the problem of unsustainable inference costs and system complexity in large AI models by showing that post-training inference systems are inherently decomposable due to localized gradient updates, and introduces a method to remove unsupported dependencies, enabling structured, parallel inference without altering model functionality.
Inference in large-scale AI models is typically performed on dense parameter matrices, leading to inference cost and system complexity that scale unsustainably with model size. This limitation does not arise from insufficient model capacity, but from treating post-training inference systems as monolithic operators while ignoring internal structures formed during learning. We show that gradient update events in large models are highly localized and selective, leaving many parameter dependencies statistically indistinguishable from their initialization distribution after training. As a result, post-training inference systems are structurally non-uniform and inherently decomposable. Based on this observation, we introduce a post-training statistical criterion and a structural annealing procedure that removes unsupported dependencies and reveals stable, independent substructures. This work establishes a post-training, model-agnostic structural view of inference systems and enables structured, parallel inference without modifying model functionality or interfaces.