New research explains grokking as spontaneous structural simplification

Two new studies on grokking suggest that the shift from memorization to generalization stems from spontaneous simplification of the model's internal structure, explained via causal/spectral analysis and singular learning theory.

2026-11-11 ~ 2026-11-11 · 2 related posts

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