Discussion: Can AI models be upcycled via per-layer distillation?
TomLucidor · reddit · 2026-09-01
A Reddit discussion explores the concept of "upcycling" AI models by recycling individual layers, potentially creating faster models like MoE SLMs from existing architectures (e.g., MarcoMini, Qwen). It suggests per-layer distillation as a method beyond standard fine-tuning, aiming for compute-efficient training.
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