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Can we build a generalist agent? Dr. Minqi Jiang and Dr. Marc Rigter

Machine Learning Street Talk (MLST)

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Exploring the Shift from Specialized to Generalist Models in Statistics and Machine Learning

Exploring the transition from specialized to generalist models, this chapter delves into the concerns over the widespread use of large transformer models, citing limitations in training data and potential biases. It showcases impressive behaviors and generalization from language models, while cautioning against overfitting on test data.

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