arXiv:2608. 11690v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Continual learning must absorb new tasks without erasing old ones, and replay---mixing a small buffer of past examples into current training---is among the most effective remedies for catastrophic forgetting.
The paper introduces a Fisher-guided submodular data selection method for continual pre‑training of large language models, addressing the forgetting problem that arises when a target‑domain corpus overwrites pretrained knowledge. By decomposing candidate gradients into anchor and frontier components and optimizing a log‑determinant submodular objective, the method selects data that both improves target‑domain performance and limits forgetting. Experiments on TinyLlama‑1.1B and Llama‑3.1‑8B show that the selector achieves superior adaptation and forgetting control while using ten times fewer tokens than traditional replay strategies.
The paper introduces SVC, a parameter‑efficient continual‑learning method for large language models that uses singular‑vector channels as the unit for balancing plasticity and stability. By estimating each channel’s adaptation benefit and forgetting cost from domain‑specific and general‑domain data, SVC selectively updates only the most beneficial channels, employing knee‑based cost screening, Pareto‑front filtering, and Otsu thresholding. Experiments on four LLM families and eight downstream tasks show that SVC preserves pretrained capabilities while achieving strong performance compared to existing PEFT baselines.
arXiv:2608. 14634v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Biological intelligence naturally prevents catastrophic forgetting through Complementary Learning Systems (CLS) theory, a macroscopic consolidation process driven at the local level by synaptic metaplasticity: the continuous, history-dependent neuromodulation of individual synapses.
The paper introduces PIECE, a Parameter Importance-Driven Continual Learning method that selectively updates only 0.1% of core parameters to preserve general abilities while learning new domain knowledge. PIECE employs two importance estimators—PIECE‑F using Fisher Information and PIECE‑S combining gradient and curvature information—to guide updates. Experiments on three language models and two multimodal models demonstrate that PIECE maintains general capabilities and achieves state‑of‑the‑art continual learning performance without accessing prior training data or adding parameter overhead.
The paper introduces EoupCT, a framework that estimates and orthogonalizes unknown pre‑training gradients to mitigate catastrophic forgetting during continual fine‑tuning of large language models. It generates pseudo data most susceptible to forgetting using a learnable soft prompt with Gumbel‑Softmax, then jointly optimizes model parameters and the prompt via a first‑order Pareto optimizer to enforce orthogonality between new task updates and the estimated gradients. Experiments on multiple LLMs show that EoupCT preserves both task‑specific performance and the models’ inherent general‑purpose knowledge.
arXiv:2606. 07500v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Continual learning in Large Language Models (LLMs) is hindered by the plasticity-stability dilemma, where acquiring new capabilities often leads to catastrophic forgetting of previous knowledge.
arXiv:2607. 29592v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: The primary challenge of continual learning (CL) systems is to learn new tasks while remaining performant on previously learned tasks.
arXiv:2608. 00630v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Achieving continual learning (CL) with deep neural networks requires balancing stability and plasticity while enabling knowledge transfer.
arXiv:2610.02126v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: We explore catastrophic forgetting in the context of large pre-trained models. By considering forgetting as a geometric problem in the input space of...
arXiv:2609.17026v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Continual learning must balance the learning of new knowledge with the retention of previously learned knowledge to incrementally learn tasks from a da...
arXiv:2606. 06032v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Catastrophic forgetting is commonly interpreted as the irreversible erasure of previously acquired knowledge during sequential learning.