Saeed Esmaili 6/29/2024

Understanding Input Masking in LLM Finetuning

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This technical article details the author's exploration of input masking while fine-tuning LLMs with Axolotl for a specific use-case: classifying GitHub pull requests. It explains why masking inputs during training prevents overfitting to prompts, improves generalization, and focuses the model on generating correct outputs rather than memorizing inputs.

Understanding Input Masking in LLM Finetuning

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