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Found a way to cut AI training time by 40% on a small budget
I was training a model for a local charity project and only had $200 left for cloud compute. I read a paper from a university in Prague about layer freezing during early epochs and decided to test it. Has anyone else used this method on image classification tasks?
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uma_reed261d ago
Actually that Prague paper is pretty well known in some circles. Layer freezing works great for image stuff, saved me a ton of time on my last project. James is right about the dedication though.
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james6721d ago
Wow, only $200 left and you're reading papers from Prague. That's some serious dedication. Most people would just give up and call it a day. Layer freezing sounds smart though, basically letting the model get its bearings before going all in. I tried something like that once and my GPU just sighed at me. Hope it works out for the charity.
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