Scaling Laws Debate: HP Identification vs Prediction at Scale

AlexShtf · x · 2026-08-20

Discusses hyperparameters (hp) in the context of LLM scaling laws. Clarifies that the claim 'hp identification at larger scales is easy' is not equivalent to 'hp identification by prediction at larger scales is easy', addressing a mix-up between the need for thorough tuning at small scales and the forgiveness of prediction errors at large scales.

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