Step 4: Checking the version of TensorFlow
The GPT-2 345M transformer model provided by OpenAI uses TensorFlow 1.x. This will lead to several warnings when running the program. However, we will ignore them and run at full speed on the thin ice of training GPT models ourselves with our modest machines.
In the 2020s, GPT models have reached 175 billion parameters, making it impossible for us to train them ourselves efficiently without having access to a supercomputer. The number of parameters will only continue to increase.
The corporate giants’ research labs, such as Facebook AI and OpenAI, and Google Research/Brain, are speeding toward super-transformers and are leaving what they can for us to learn and understand. But, unfortunately, they do not have time to go back and update all the models they share. However, we still have this notebook!
TensorFlow 2.x is the latest TensorFlow version. However, older programs can still be helpful. This is one reason why Google...