Multi-token Prediction Models for Large Language Models: Code and Discussion

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by ashishpatel26 - opened

Discussion Points:

Efficacy and Generalizability:

  • How do the multi-token models perform compared to baselines on various code-related tasks? Does the performance gap widen with increased data size (1T vs 200B tokens)?
  • Does the benefit of multi-token prediction extend beyond code to natural language tasks? Let's explore its generalizability across domains.

Efficiency Considerations:

  • While the paper suggests faster inference with multi-token models, the code primarily focuses on running inference. Let's discuss the potential trade-offs between training efficiency (time and resources) and inference speedup. Is the potential speed gain worth the additional training cost, if any?

Optimal Prediction Horizon (n):

  • The current implementation uses n=4. Is this the optimal value for all scenarios? How does varying n affect performance and efficiency for different tasks or model sizes? Let's explore the impact of this parameter.

Evaluation Metrics:

  • The code doesn't specify evaluation metrics. What metrics are most suitable to compare multi-token and baseline models, particularly for code-related tasks?

Good questions, but who answers?

I also wonder how well speculative decoding works with this + a larger single token prediction model. Might be where the real benefits are

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