arXiv:2409. 02228v2 Announce Type: replace Abstract: When language models (LMs) are trained to forget (or "unlearn'') a skill, how precisely does their behavior change?
By Eric Zhang, Leshem Choshen, Jacob Andreas
arXiv:2511. 04666v4 Announce Type: replace Abstract: A fundamental challenge in developing general learning algorithms is their tendency to forget past knowledge as they adapt to new data.
By Ben Sanati, Thomas L. Lee, Trevor McInroe, Aidan Scannell, Esmeralda S. Whitammer, David Abel, Amos Storkey
arXiv:2601. 18699v2 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Sequential fine-tuning of Large Language Models (LLMs) adaptation to target tasks often triggers catastrophic forgetting, where the acquisition of novel target skills degrades ancestral capabilities.
By Gustav Olaf Yunus Laitinen-Fredriksson Lundstrom-Imanov
arXiv:2606. 30512v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Why overparameterised deep networks generalise so remarkably well remains one of the most stubborn open questions in machine learning theory.
By Srinivasa Rao P., Vangmayi P Reddy
Compression is fundamental to intelligence. A model that can represent its training data as a short code has discovered regularities that enable generalization.
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.
By Tieliang Gong, Zhongbo Zhang, Wen Wen, Yong-Jin Liu