What is Speculative Decoding? (trending on paperswithco.de) [R]

A method that is currently trending on Papers with Code is Speculative Decoding. preview.redd.it/dm4nh4t71o7h1.png Speculative decoding is an inference optimization technique that uses a fast, small "draft" model to quickly propose several future tokens, which are then verified in parallel by a larger, slower "target" model. This process significantly speeds up token generation for large language models (LLMs) by allowing mul