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Astra tool claims to read and write Qwen model weights
Original: Astra can read and write weights to improve Qwen https:// rikiyat.github.io/blog/weight- space-programming/ # github # p
A project called Astra, described in a blog post on weight-space programming, claims it can read and write the weights of the Qwen language model in order to improve it. The work is circulating among programmers on developer forums and social media, drawing attention for suggesting direct weight editing as an alternative to standard fine-tuning.
Why now: Directly editing an open-source model's weights instead of retraining is a novel claim that is drawing interest from the machine learning community.
Evidence
- Astra can read and write weights to improve Qwen https:// rikiyat.github.io/blog/weight- space-programming/ # github # programming · CuratedHackerNews · 5
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