The use of Large Language Models (LLMs) like GPT-4 in natural language processing has been limited due to their size and computational intensity in resource-sensitive contexts.
To address this, knowledge distillation is used to transfer the intellectual capabilities of a large model to a smaller and more efficient model.
The process involves data generation, data preparation, and fine-tuning stages to train the smaller model (GPT-3.5-turbo) to mimic the responses of the larger model (GPT-4).
The successful completion of the knowledge distillation process using OpenAI API has resulted in a smaller model that can emulate the behavior of the larger model, making LLM capabilities more accessible and efficient.