Jack and masters of all trades: one-pass learning sets of model sets from large pre-trained models
Abstract
For deep learning, size is power. Massive neural nets trained on broad data for a spectrum of tasks are at the forefront of artificial intelligence. These large pre-trained models or “Jacks of All Trades” (JATs), when fine-tuned for downstream tasks, are gaining importance in driving deep learning advancements. However, environments with tight resource constraints, changing objectives and intentions, or varied task requirements, could limit the real-world utility of a singular JAT. Hence, in tandem with current trends towards building increasingly large JATs, this paper conducts an initial exploration into concepts underlying the creation of a diverse set of compact machine learning model sets. Composed of many smaller and specialized models, the Set of Sets is formulated to simultaneously fulfil many task settings and environmental conditions. A means to arrive at such a set tractably in one pass of a neuroevolutionary multitasking algorithm is presented for the first time, bringing us closer to models that are collectively “Masters of All Trades”.
Authors: Han Xiang Choong, Yew-Soon Ong, Abhishek Gupta, Caishun Chen, Ray Lim
Published in: IEEE Computational Intelligence Magazine (2023)