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Program-as-Weights: compiling English descriptions into local NLP functions (paper + weights)

I'm one of the authors of Program-as-Weights (PAW), a project we've been building at the University of Waterloo. We study whether a model can turn an English function description into a reusable, task-specific neural program. The standard compiler is a 4B model trained to generate a LoRA adapter fo…

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  1. 2026-09-18 20:44 · r/LanguageTechnology
    Program-as-Weights: compiling English descriptions into local NLP functions (paper + weights)

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