Vincent Granville discusses custom LLMs, benefits over standard LLMs, architecture, corporate use cases, ethics, and legal considerations. Exploring knowledge graphs, Q&A systems, economic models, ML-skilled engineers in web development, traditional and specialized NLP libraries, and generative AI advancements.
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Creating custom LLMs caters to specialized knowledge requirements that existing models struggle to address.
Custom LLMs enhance efficiency by focusing on specialized topics like statistics and probability, outperforming standard tools.
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Reasons for Developing Custom LLMs
The decision to create custom LLMs arises from the need to cater to specialized knowledge requirements that existing models struggle to address. Traditional language models like Google Search or GPT may not offer the depth or technical focus required, prompting the development of tailored solutions. By creating a bespoke LLM, based on a simple yet specialized architecture, users can access precise and advanced information, especially beneficial for professional users seeking specific insights.
Efficiency and Effectiveness of Custom LLMs
Custom LLMs enhance efficiency and offer improved results compared to mainstream language models. By focusing on specialized topics like statistics and probability, these models provide more useful and targeted information, outperforming standard tools like Google search or specialized sites such as Wolfram. Through effective design and augmentation, custom LLMs can serve niche user requirements better, spanning various categories like calculus, theory, and numbers.
Mixture of Experts Approach and Knowledge Graph Integration
The implementation of a 'mixture of experts' approach within LLMs allows for a two-stage process, efficiently selecting experts to respond to prompts and deliver accurate results. Connecting this approach with knowledge graphs enables users to access related concepts and refine searches effectively. By utilizing these expert-based layers and knowledge graphs, LLMs can manage complex queries and provide in-depth information across various subcategories.
Balancing Costs and Benefits of Custom LLMs
The decision to develop custom LLMs involves weighing the costs and benefits of in-house creation versus utilizing existing models. While custom LLMs offer control and security, they require dedicated resources for development, testing, and maintenance. Organisations need to assess the flexibility, cost-effectiveness, and security implications of designing bespoke LLMs versus adopting off-the-shelf solutions, considering factors like team expertise, data management, and long-term sustainability.
Despite GPT, Claude, Gemini, LLama and the other host of LLMs that we have access to, a variety of organizations are still exploring their options when it comes to custom LLMs. Logging in to ChatGPT is easy enough, and so is creating a 'custom' openAI GPT, but what does it take to create a truly custom LLM? When and why might this be useful, and will it be worth the effort?
Vincent Granville is a pioneer in the AI and machine learning space, he is Co-Founder of Data Science Central, Founder of MLTechniques.com, former VC-funded executive, author, and patent owner. Vincent’s corporate experience includes Visa, Wells Fargo, eBay, NBC, Microsoft, and CNET. He is also a former post-doc at Cambridge University and the National Institute of Statistical Sciences. Vincent has published in the Journal of Number Theory, Journal of the Royal Statistical Society, and IEEE Transactions on Pattern Analysis and Machine Intelligence. He is the author of multiple books, including “Synthetic Data and Generative AI”.
In the episode, Richie and Vincent explore why you might want to create a custom LLM including issues with standard LLMs and benefits of custom LLMs, the development and features of custom LLMs, architecture and technical details, corporate use cases, technical innovations, ethics and legal considerations, and much more.