Theoretical Insights into Fine-Tuning Attention Mechanism: Generalization and Optimization
- URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2410.02247v1
- Date: Thu, 3 Oct 2024 06:37:37 GMT
- Title: Theoretical Insights into Fine-Tuning Attention Mechanism: Generalization and Optimization
- Authors: Xinhao Yao, Hongjin Qian, Xiaolin Hu, Gengze Xu, Yong Liu,
- Abstract summary: We investigate two remarkable phenomena observed during the fine-tuning of Large Language Models (LLMs)
Fine-tuning only the $mathbfW_q$ and $mathbfW_v$ matrix significantly improves performance over optimizing the $mathbfW_k$ matrix.
We propose a new strategy that improves fine-tuning efficiency in terms of both storage and time.
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- Abstract: Large Language Models (LLMs), built on Transformer architectures, exhibit remarkable generalization across a wide range of tasks. However, fine-tuning these models for specific tasks remains resource-intensive due to their extensive parameterization. In this paper, we investigate two remarkable phenomena observed during the fine-tuning of LLMs, particularly focusing on the attention mechanism: (1) Different Impact, optimizing the $\mathbf{W}_v$ matrix significantly improves performance over optimizing the $\mathbf{W}_k$ matrix. Fine-tuning only the $\mathbf{W}_q$ and $\mathbf{W}_v$ matrices is computationally efficient, delivering results that are comparable to, or even better than, fine-tuning all three matrices $\mathbf{W}_q$, $\mathbf{W}_k$, and $\mathbf{W}_v$. (2) Efficient Convergence, employing distinct learning rates for these matrices is crucial for optimal performance, with a higher learning rate for the $\mathbf{W}_v$ matrix expediting convergence. However, theoretical analyses of these phenomena are still relatively limited. We present a theoretical analysis of these phenomena from two perspectives: (i) Generalization, where we demonstrate that fine-tuning only $\mathbf{W}_q$ and $\mathbf{W}_v$ improves generalization bounds, enhances memory efficiency, and (ii) Optimization, where we emphasize that the feature learning of the attention mechanism is efficient, particularly when using distinct learning rates for the matrices, which leads to more effective fine-tuning. Building on these insights, we propose a new strategy that improves fine-tuning efficiency in terms of both storage and time. Experimental results on benchmark datasets validate the effectiveness of this approach, supporting our theoretical findings. Our analysis lays the theoretical groundwork for configuring and improving lightweight algorithms in LLMs fine-tuning.
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