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[question] how to finetune efficiently
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Description
Dear all,
Finetuning my data takes so long (more than 24 hours). In this case, how can I shorten the time?
Can I know the estimated end time?
Can I stop the finetuning at some point and resume finetuning from the point that I stopped at?
Thanks in advance.
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Research direction
Start by reviewing the finetuning workflow used for the reported run exceeding 24 hours. Determine how training duration is estimated and whether stopping and resuming from a checkpoint are supported; document the findings or identify the concrete change needed.
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Assessment
- Tech stack
- python
- Domain
- ai, machine-learning
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 5/5
- Estimated time
- Over a week
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Needs clarification
- Newbie friendliness
- 15/100