where $\hat{\theta}$ denotes the optimized pre-trained parameters. Equivalently, this objective can be viewed as minimizing the cross-entropy loss between the observed next token and the model-predicted distribution. After this stage, the LLM can generate fluent text and encode rich linguistic and factual knowledge. However, the pre-training objective itself does not explicitly teach the model how to follow user instructions, satisfy task-specific formats, or align with human preferences. Therefore, additional adaptation is typically needed before deploying the model for real applications.
where $\hat{\theta}$ denotes the optimized pre-trained parameters. Equivalently, this objective can be viewed as minimizing the cross-entropy loss between the observed next token and the model-predicted distribution.
After this stage, the LLM can generate fluent text and encode rich linguistic and factual knowledge. However, the pre-training objective itself does not explicitly teach the model how to follow user instructions, satisfy task-specific formats, or align with human preferences. Therefore, additional adaptation is typically needed before deploying the model for real applications.