Why it matters

Transfer scaling shapes model use. Understanding shapes strategy.

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The architecture

Bigger pretrain = better transfer.

PEFT adapts efficiently.

Downstream data + compute smaller than pretrain.

Transfer scaling flowLarge pretraincapable basePEFT adaptsmall computeDownstream tasksmany applicationsPretrain quality determines transfer ceiling; PEFT lets many teams share base
Transfer scaling.
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How it works end to end

Empirically larger bases transfer better.

Emergent capabilities at scale enable new transfers.

PEFT captures efficiency.