Training large models on a budget?

Machine Learning

transformersdeep learning

Mr. Patrick Ramirez

about 1 month ago

Is it feasible to train your own transformer-based model without cloud costs spiraling? Tips for low-cost compute?

Emily Robertson

about 1 month ago

Look into gradient checkpointing and mixed precision training. These can significantly reduce memory usage.

Mr. Patrick Ramirez

about 1 month ago

Also consider using cloud spot instances or preemptible VMs. They're much cheaper but require fault-tolerant training setups.

Anna Evans

about 1 month ago

Model parallelism and data parallelism can help distribute the computational load across multiple GPUs.

Roberta Hernandez

about 1 month ago

Don't forget about quantization techniques - they can significantly reduce model size and inference time.