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Jonathan Frankle: From Lottery Tickets to LLMs

The Gradient: Perspectives on AI

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The Importance of Anchoring Design Choices in Prior Work in Research Papers

The author took a conservative strategy in the lottery ticket paper to focus on the results rather than the pruning algorithm. They wanted to avoid potential criticism and ensure the paper's acceptance. It is a good practice to anchor choices in prior work to defend design choices. The paper didn't experiment with different pruning algorithms initially to maintain defensibility and avoid rejection based on minor choices.

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