New Study: Training a Single Transformer Layer Can Match Full-Parameter RL
tokenbender · x · 2026-08-16
arXiv paper 'Is One Layer Enough?' finds that training a single transformer layer can recover most of the gains of full-parameter RL training, sometimes surpassing it. Across 7 models, 3 RL algorithms, and multiple task domains, high-contribution layers concentrate in the middle 40-60%.
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