preparing the Mixtral model and the Arxiv dataset for fine-tuning. This approach will be specifically tailored to working with the Mixtral-8x7B Large Language Model (LLM), a pretrained generative Sparse Mixture of Experts, and a dataset derived from around 100 Arxiv papers, split into chunks totaling 24,338 rows.

Preparing the Mixtral Model and Arxiv Dataset for Fine-Tuning

Loading the Mixtral-8x7B LLM

mistralai/Mixtral-8x7B-v0.1 · Hugging Face

The Mixtral model, being a state-of-the-art generative Sparse Mixture of Experts, is designed to handle a wide range of NLP tasks efficiently. Given its architecture, it’s especially well-suited for fine-tuning on specialized datasets to enhance its performance in specific domains.

  1. Environment Setup:
    • Ensure you have an environment capable of handling the computational requirements of Mixtral-8x7B, including sufficient GPU resources.

    • Install necessary Python libraries, if not already done:

        !pip install gradio
  !pip install -q -U bitsandbytes
  !pip install -q -U git+https://github.com/huggingface/transformers.git
  !pip install -q -U git+https://github.com/huggingface/peft.git
  !pip install -q -U git+https://github.com/huggingface/accelerate.git
  !pip install -q trl xformers wandb datasets einops sentencepiece

     from transformers import AutoModelForCausalLM, AutoTokenizer, BitsAndBytesConfig,HfArgumentParser,TrainingArguments,pipeline, logging, TextStreamer
 from peft import LoraConfig, PeftModel, prepare_model_for_kbit_training, get_peft_model
 import os, torch, wandb, platform, warnings
 from datasets import load_dataset
 from trl import SFTTrainer
 from huggingface_hub import notebook_login
  2. Model Loading:
    • Use the Hugging Face Transformers library to load the Mixtral model. If the model is directly available through Hugging Face, you can load it using the AutoModel class. If it’s a custom model or not available in the Transformers library, additional steps for manual loading may be necessary.
     # Load base model
 base_model = "mistralai/Mistral-7B-v0.1"
    
 bnb_config = BitsAndBytesConfig(
     load_in_4bit= True,
     bnb_4bit_quant_type= "nf4",
     bnb_4bit_compute_dtype= torch.bfloat16,
     bnb_4bit_use_double_quant= False,
 )
 model = AutoModelForCausalLM.from_pretrained(
     base_model,
     low_cpu_mem_usage=True,
     quantization_config=bnb_config,
     device_map={"": 0}
 )

Preparing the Dataset

The dataset, consisting of text from approximately 100 Arxiv papers split into 24,338 chunks, presents a rich source for fine-tuning the Mixtral model on academic content.

kiki7sun/Academic0119 · Datasets at Hugging Face

  1. Dataset Preparation:
    • Split the dataset into training, validation, and test sets. A common split ratio is 80% for training, 10% for validation, and 10% for testing.
    • Preprocess the data to fit the input format expected by Mixtral. This might involve tokenization using the tokenizer that matches the Mixtral model’s training corpus.
  2. Tokenization and Data Loading:

    • Tokenize the dataset using the appropriate tokenizer for Mixtral. This step converts text data into a format that can be processed by the model:

        dataset = load_dataset("kiki7sun/Academic0119")
  train_dataset = dataset["train"]
  eval_dataset = dataset["validation"]
  test_dataset = dataset["test"]
        
  max_length = 1200 # This was an appropriate max length for my dataset
        
  def generate_and_tokenize_prompt2(prompt):
      result = tokenizer(
          formatting_func(prompt),
          truncation=True,
          max_length=max_length,
          padding="max_length",
      )
      result["labels"] = result["input_ids"].copy()
      return result
        
  tokenized_train_dataset = train_dataset.map(generate_and_tokenize_prompt2)
  tokenized_val_dataset = eval_dataset.map(generate_and_tokenize_prompt2)
  tokenized_test_dataset = test_dataset.map(generate_and_tokenize_prompt2)

    • Prepare PyTorch or TensorFlow datasets (depending on your preference and the model’s compatibility) for training, validation, and testing.

Fine-Tuning the Model

With the model and data ready, you’ll proceed to fine-tune Mixtral on the Arxiv dataset. This involves setting up a training loop, defining the loss function and optimizer, and iterating over the dataset to adjust the model weights.

  1. Define the Training Loop:
    • Outline the steps for each epoch, including data loading, model training, validation, and performance logging.
     model = prepare_model_for_kbit_training(model)
 peft_config = LoraConfig(
         r=16,
         lora_alpha=16,
         lora_dropout=0.05,
         bias="none",
         task_type="CAUSAL_LM",
         target_modules=["q_proj", "k_proj", "v_proj", "o_proj","gate_proj"]
     )
 model = get_peft_model(model, peft_config)
    
 # Training Arguments
 # Hyperparameters should beadjusted based on the hardware you using
 training_arguments = TrainingArguments(
     output_dir= "./results",
     num_train_epochs= 1,
     per_device_train_batch_size= 2,
     gradient_accumulation_steps= 1,
     optim = "paged_adamw_8bit",
     save_steps= 30,
     logging_steps= 30,
     learning_rate= 2e-4,
     weight_decay= 0.001,
     fp16= False,
     bf16= False,
     max_grad_norm= 0.3,
     max_steps= -1,
     warmup_ratio= 0.3,
     group_by_length= True,
     lr_scheduler_type= "constant",
     report_to="wandb",
     # eval_accumulation_steps=30,
     gradient_checkpointing_kwargs = 'use_reentrant'
 )
  2. Model Training:
    • Train the model using the prepared dataset, adjusting hyperparameters as necessary to optimize performance.
     trainer = transformers.Trainer(
     model=model,
     train_dataset=tokenized_train_dataset,
     eval_dataset=tokenized_val_dataset,
     args=transformers.TrainingArguments(
         output_dir=output_dir,
         warmup_steps=5,
         per_device_train_batch_size=1,
         gradient_checkpointing=True,
         gradient_accumulation_steps=4,
         max_steps=60,
         learning_rate=2.5e-5,
         logging_steps=25,
         fp16=True,
         optim="paged_adamw_8bit",
         logging_dir="./logs",        # Directory for storing logs
         save_strategy="steps",       # Save the model checkpoint every logging step
         save_steps=30,                # Save checkpoints every 50 steps
         evaluation_strategy="steps", # Evaluate the model every logging step
         eval_steps=30,               # Evaluate and save checkpoints every 50 steps
         do_eval=True,                # Perform evaluation at the end of training
         report_to="wandb",           # Comment this out if you don't want to use weights & baises
         run_name=f"{run_name}-{datetime.now().strftime('%Y-%m-%d-%H-%M')}"          # Name of the W&B run (optional)
     ),
     data_collator=transformers.DataCollatorForLanguageModeling(tokenizer, mlm=False),
 )
  3. Save the fine-tuned model:
    • After training, evaluate the model’s performance on the test set to gauge its effectiveness in generating or classifying text based on the Arxiv papers.
     # Save the fine-tuned model
 trainer.model.save_pretrained(new_model)
 wandb.finish()
 model.config.use_cache = True
    
 model.push_to_hub('academic0222', use_temp_dir=False)
 tokenizer.push_to_hub('academic0222', use_temp_dir=False)

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LoRA

Implementation Steps

  1. Model Adaptation:

     from peft import prepare_model_for_kbit_training
    
 model.gradient_checkpointing_enable()
 model = prepare_model_for_kbit_training(model)
    
 from peft import LoraConfig, get_peft_model
    
 config = LoraConfig(
     r=8,
     lora_alpha=16,
     target_modules=[
         "q_proj",
         "k_proj",
         "v_proj",
         "o_proj",
         "w1",
         "w2",
         "w3",
         "lm_head",
     ],
     bias="none",
     lora_dropout=0.1,  # Conventional
     task_type="CAUSAL_LM",
 )
    
 model = get_peft_model(model, config)
  2. Training Process:
    • Setting up the training loop, including loss functions, optimizers, and learning rate schedules suitable for fine-tuning.
     import transformers
 from datetime import datetime
    
 project = "academic-LoRA-0222"
 base_model_name = "mixtral"
 run_name = base_model_name + "-" + project
 output_dir = "./" + run_name
    
 tokenizer.pad_token = tokenizer.eos_token
    
 trainer = transformers.Trainer(
     model=model,
     train_dataset=tokenized_train_dataset,
     eval_dataset=tokenized_val_dataset,
     save_embedding_layers=True,
     args=transformers.TrainingArguments(
         output_dir=output_dir,
         warmup_steps=5,
         per_device_train_batch_size=1,
         gradient_checkpointing=True,
         gradient_accumulation_steps=4,
         max_steps=60,
         learning_rate=2.5e-5,
         logging_steps=25,
         fp16=True,
         optim="paged_adamw_8bit",
         logging_dir="./logs",        # Directory for storing logs
         save_strategy="steps",       # Save the model checkpoint every logging step
         save_steps=30,                # Save checkpoints every 50 steps
         evaluation_strategy="steps", # Evaluate the model every logging step
         eval_steps=30,               # Evaluate and save checkpoints every 50 steps
         do_eval=True,                # Perform evaluation at the end of training
         report_to="wandb",           # Comment this out if you don't want to use weights & baises
         run_name=f"{run_name}-{datetime.now().strftime('%Y-%m-%d-%H-%M')}"          # Name of the W&B run (optional)
     ),
     data_collator=transformers.DataCollatorForLanguageModeling(tokenizer, mlm=False),
 )
    
 model.config.use_cache = False  # silence the warnings. Please re-enable for inference!
 trainer.train()
  3. Evaluation and Adjustment:
    • Techniques for evaluating the fine-tuned model on the validation set.
     model.save('my_model.h5', save_embedding_layers=True)

QLoRA

Implementation Steps

  1. Model Adaptation:

     from peft import prepare_model_for_kbit_training
    
 model.gradient_checkpointing_enable()
 model = prepare_model_for_kbit_training(model)
    
 from peft import LoraConfig, get_peft_model
    
 config = LoraConfig(
     r=32,
     lora_alpha=64,
     target_modules=[
         "q_proj",
         "k_proj",
         "v_proj",
         "o_proj",
         "w1",
         "w2",
         "w3",
         "lm_head",
     ],
     bias="none",
     lora_dropout=0.1,  
     task_type="CAUSAL_LM",
 )
    
 model = get_peft_model(model, config)
  2. Training Process:
    • Setting up the training loop, including loss functions, optimizers, and learning rate schedules suitable for fine-tuning.
     import transformers
 from datetime import datetime
    
 project = "academic-finetune-QLoRA-0121"
 base_model_name = "mixtral"
 run_name = base_model_name + "-" + project
 output_dir = "./" + run_name
    
 trainer = transformers.Trainer(
     model=model,
     train_dataset=tokenized_train_dataset,
     eval_dataset=tokenized_val_dataset,
     save_embedding_layers=True,
     tokenizer=tokenizer,
     args=transformers.TrainingArguments(
         output_dir=output_dir,
         warmup_steps=1,
         per_device_train_batch_size=2,
         gradient_accumulation_steps=1,
         gradient_checkpointing=True,
         max_steps=30,
         learning_rate=2.5e-5, # Want a small lr for finetuning
         fp16=True,
         optim="paged_adamw_8bit",
         logging_steps=30,              # When to start reporting loss
         logging_dir="./logs",        # Directory for storing logs
         save_strategy="steps",       # Save the model checkpoint every logging step
         save_steps=30,                # Save checkpoints every 50 steps
         evaluation_strategy="steps", # Evaluate the model every logging step
         eval_steps=30,               # Evaluate and save checkpoints every 50 steps
         do_eval=True,                # Perform evaluation at the end of training
         report_to="wandb",           # Comment this out if you don't want to use weights & baises
         run_name=f"{run_name}-{datetime.now().strftime('%Y-%m-%d-%H-%M')}"          # Name of the W&B run (optional)
         save_embedding_layer=True,
         tokenizer=tokenizer
     ),
     data_collator=transformers.DataCollatorForLanguageModeling(tokenizer, mlm=False),
 )
    
 model.config.use_cache = False  # silence the warnings. Please re-enable for inference!
 trainer.train()
  3. Evaluation and Adjustment:
    • Techniques for evaluating the fine-tuned model on the validation set.
     trainer.push_to_hub('my_model')
 tokenizer.push_to_hub('my_model')

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