GPT-2 is the transformer plus five decisions, and inference is a different program
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Originally published at cchinchilla.dev . Part 6 of From code to weights, a 12-part series on ML fundamentals for engineers. Part 5 ended on a block and a stack of twelve. GPT-2 is that stack plus five decisions around it. Its one checkpoint runs two different programs. Training scores a whole sequ…
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- 2026-10-08 13:00 · DEV Community — Machine Learning
GPT-2 is the transformer plus five decisions, and inference is a different program