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Scaling Law

Research Vocabulary · Level 5 of 5

Scaling Law

An empirical or theoretical relationship between performance and factors such as compute, data, or model size.

A fitted trend may fail when extrapolated beyond its regime.

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A study fits loss as a function of training compute across many runs.

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Scaling Law. An empirical or theoretical relationship between performance and factors such as compute, data, or model size. A fitted trend may fail when extrapolated beyond its regime. For example: A study fits loss as a function of training compute across many runs.

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