March 2, 2026 · papers
Modality inflation paper accepted at iWAPT 2026
Adding a second modality to a language model inflates its energy cost far beyond the extra tokens involved. Mona Moghadampanah, Adib Rezaei Shahmirzadi and Farhana Amin measure where that cost comes from and where it can be recovered. To appear at the 21st International Workshop on Automatic Performance Tuning in New Orleans.