Transformer²: Self-Adaptive LLMs Break New Ground

2025-01-15
Transformer²: Self-Adaptive LLMs Break New Ground

Transformer² is a novel machine learning system that dynamically adjusts its weights for various tasks. Inspired by nature's adaptive mechanisms, like an octopus changing color or the brain rewiring itself, it enables Large Language Models (LLMs) to adapt to new tasks in real-time. Using Singular Value Decomposition (SVD) and Reinforcement Learning (RL), Transformer² decomposes model weights into independent components and learns how to combine them optimally for diverse tasks, including math, coding, reasoning, and visual understanding. Results show Transformer² outperforms traditional static approaches like LoRA in efficiency and task-specific performance, requiring far fewer parameters. This work paves the way for building 'living intelligence' AI systems that continuously learn and evolve.

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Automating the Search for Artificial Life with Foundation Models

2024-12-24
Automating the Search for Artificial Life with Foundation Models

Sakana AI, in collaboration with MIT and others, has developed ASAL, an algorithm using vision-language foundation models to automate the discovery of artificial life. ASAL tackles three search problems: finding simulations with specific target behaviors, discovering simulations generating perpetual novelty, and illuminating all possible simulations. Successfully applied to Lenia, Boids, Particle Life, and others, ASAL unearthed novel artificial lifeforms and cellular automata rules surpassing Conway's Game of Life in open-endedness. This breakthrough promises to revitalize ALife research by overcoming the limitations of manual simulation design and offers insights for future AI development, incorporating principles of open-endedness and self-organization.

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