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Wefirstperformsecond-orderexpansionsfor`andQalongthesolutionpath,whicharegivenby ` `(t,xt,ut) +` xTฮดxt +` uTฮดut + 1 2 ฮดxt ฮดut

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Forinstance,consider the propagation of afully-connected layer,i.e. Let u t u (t) be a solution that achieved the minimumof(18). In our case, we consider the linear ODE presentedin(22). Let us start from the terminal condition in (29). With these, we arrive at the second-order feedbackpolicypresentedin(16).






Fast Best-of-N Decoding via Speculative Rejection Hanshi Sun

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The safe and effective deployment of Large Language Models (LLMs) involves a critical step called alignment, which ensures that the model's responses are in accordance with human preferences. Prevalent alignment techniques, such as DPO, PPO and their variants, align LLMs by changing the pre-trained model weights during a phase called post-training. While predominant, these post-training methods add substantial complexity before LLMs can be deployed. Inference-time alignment methods avoid the complex post-training step and instead bias the generation towards responses that are aligned with human preferences. The best-known inference-time alignment method, called Best-of-N, is as effective as the state-of-the-art post-training procedures. Unfortunately, Best-of-N requires vastly more resources at inference time than standard decoding strategies, which makes it computationally not viable.


ExtrapolationandSpectralBiasofNeuralNetswith HadamardProduct:aPolynomialNetStudy

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Weprovetheir equivalence to the kernel regression predictor with the associated NTK, which expands the application scope of NTK. Based on our results, we elucidate the separation ofPNNs overstandard neural networks with respect toextrapolation andspectralbias.