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TheSequence · Sep 8, 2026
The Sequence Knowledge - 928: The Missing 5%: Why Distillation Is Harder Than It Looks
Distillation can make models smaller, faster, and cheaper. The difficult part is deciding what the student cannot afford to forget.
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