1.58-bit FLUX
Chenglin Yang, Celong Liu, Xueqing Deng, Dongwon Kim, Xing Mei, Xiaohui Shen, Liang-Chieh Chen
2024-12-30

Summary
This paper talks about HuatuoGPT-o1, a new large language model (LLM) designed specifically for complex reasoning in the medical field, which improves how AI can understand and solve medical problems.
What's the problem?
While many advancements have been made in AI reasoning, most research has focused on mathematical problems, leaving medical reasoning underexplored. Medical tasks require strong reasoning skills because they involve real-world applications that can affect people's health. However, verifying whether an AI's medical reasoning is correct is much harder than checking math answers.
What's the solution?
To tackle this issue, the authors propose a two-step approach using verifiable medical problems. First, they use a medical verifier to ensure that the AI's reasoning is correct. This helps guide the training of the model. Second, they apply reinforcement learning (RL) to further improve the model's reasoning abilities based on feedback from the verifier. The result is HuatuoGPT-o1, which is trained on 40,000 carefully selected medical questions and can outperform other models in solving complex medical problems.
Why it matters?
This research is important because it enhances the ability of AI to assist in healthcare by providing more reliable and accurate medical reasoning. By focusing on verifiable problems and using advanced training techniques, HuatuoGPT-o1 can potentially improve decision-making in medical settings, leading to better patient outcomes and more effective healthcare solutions.
Abstract
We present 1.58-bit FLUX, the first successful approach to quantizing the state-of-the-art text-to-image generation model, FLUX.1-dev, using 1.58-bit weights (i.e., values in {-1, 0, +1}) while maintaining comparable performance for generating 1024 x 1024 images. Notably, our quantization method operates without access to image data, relying solely on self-supervision from the FLUX.1-dev model. Additionally, we develop a custom kernel optimized for 1.58-bit operations, achieving a 7.7x reduction in model storage, a 5.1x reduction in inference memory, and improved inference latency. Extensive evaluations on the GenEval and T2I Compbench benchmarks demonstrate the effectiveness of 1.58-bit FLUX in maintaining generation quality while significantly enhancing computational efficiency.