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THE TRAINING BREAKTHROUGH. No batches. No BPTT. One observation at a time,
one gradient at a time. The model learns as it "sees" data, like a human.
for each token in the data stream:
1. Feed the token to the engine (tick).
2. The engine produces a prediction + confidence.
3. Compute the loss (was the prediction right?).
4. Backward + step IMMEDIATELY (online SGD, 1 sample at a time).
5. The thought state is carried forward (detached — no BPTT).
WHY THIS IS FAST:
- Each step processes ONE token (not B×L).
- The forward is tiny (1 token, 1 tick).
- The backward is tiny (1 sample).
- No batching, no padding, no sequence masking.
This is the training method that makes the Continuous Thought Engine
trainable on ANY CPU, because the per-step cost is minimal.
"""
import torch
import torch.nn as nn
import torch.nn.functional as F
class OnlineTrainer:
"""Online SGD trainer for the ContinuousThoughtEngine.
Args:
engine: a ContinuousThoughtEngine.
lr: learning rate.
weight_decay: AdamW weight decay.
confidence_threshold: the engine emits output when confidence exceeds this.
"""
def __init__(
self,
engine,
lr: float = 1e-3,
weight_decay: float = 0.01,
):
self.engine = engine
self.optimizer = torch.optim.AdamW(engine.parameters(), lr=lr,
weight_decay=weight_decay)
self.step_count = 0
self.losses = []
def train_on_stream(self, token_ids: torch.Tensor, max_ticks: int = 3) -> dict:
"""Train on a stream of tokens, one at a time (pure online, 1 backward/token).
token_ids: (L,) a 1D tensor of token ids (the data stream).
max_ticks: max thinking ticks per token.
Returns a dict with average loss, accuracy, and steps.
"""
self.engine.train()
self.engine.reset_thought(batch_size=1)
total_loss = 0.0
correct = 0
total = 0
for t in range(len(token_ids) - 1):
obs = token_ids[t:t + 1] # (1,) current token
target = token_ids[t + 1] # scalar, next token
# Think: tick until confidence or max_ticks.
for tick in range(max_ticks):
logits, conf = self.engine.tick(obs if tick == 0 else None)
if conf.item() > 0.5:
break
# Online loss: did we predict the next token?
loss = F.cross_entropy(logits, target.unsqueeze(0))
# Immediate backward + step (online SGD).
self.optimizer.zero_grad()
loss.backward()
torch.nn.utils.clip_grad_norm_(self.engine.parameters(), 1.0)
self.optimizer.step()
total_loss += loss.item()
pred = logits.argmax(dim=-1).item()
if pred == target.item():
correct += 1
total += 1
self.step_count += 1
self.losses.append(loss.item())
return {
"avg_loss": total_loss / max(total, 1),
"accuracy": correct / max(total, 1),
"steps": total,
}
def train_on_stream_minibatch(self, token_ids: torch.Tensor, max_ticks: int = 2,
accum_steps: int = 16) -> dict:
"""Train on a stream with mini-batch gradient accumulation.
Accumulates the loss over `accum_steps` tokens, then does ONE backward
+ optimizer step. This is 10-16× faster than train_on_stream (which
does 1 backward per token) because the Python/autograd overhead is
amortized over N tokens.
The thought state is still carried forward (detached between backward
steps), preserving the continuous-reasoning paradigm.
Args:
token_ids: (L,) 1D tensor of token ids.
max_ticks: max thinking ticks per token.
accum_steps: tokens per backward pass (16 = 16× fewer backward calls).
"""
self.engine.train()
self.engine.reset_thought(batch_size=1)
total_loss = 0.0
correct = 0
total = 0
accum_loss = torch.tensor(0.0, requires_grad=False)
for t in range(len(token_ids) - 1):
obs = token_ids[t:t + 1]
target = token_ids[t + 1]
# Think (1 tick per token for speed).
logits, conf = self.engine.tick(obs)
# Per-token loss.
loss = F.cross_entropy(logits, target.unsqueeze(0))
accum_loss = accum_loss + loss
total_loss += loss.item()
pred = logits.argmax(dim=-1).item()
if pred == target.item():
correct += 1
total += 1
# Backward every accum_steps tokens.
if (t + 1) % accum_steps == 0:
self.optimizer.zero_grad()
avg_loss = accum_loss / accum_steps
avg_loss.backward()
torch.nn.utils.clip_grad_norm_(self.engine.parameters(), 1.0)
self.optimizer.step()
self.step_count += 1
self.losses.append(total_loss / total)
accum_loss = torch.tensor(0.0, requires_grad=False)
# Final partial accumulation.
if total % accum_steps != 0 and isinstance(accum_loss, torch.Tensor) and accum_loss.requires_grad:
self.optimizer.zero_grad()
(accum_loss / (total % accum_steps)).backward()
self.optimizer.step()
self.step_count += 1
return {
"avg_loss": total_loss / max(total, 1),
"accuracy": correct / max(total, 1),
"steps": total,
"optimizer_steps": self.step_count,
}
def train_on_stream_chunked(self, token_ids: torch.Tensor,
chunk_len: int = 16) -> dict:
"""Train using chunk-based processing (16x fewer forward passes).
Splits the stream into chunks of `chunk_len` tokens. Each chunk is
processed in ONE forward pass (tick_chunk), then ONE backward.
This is the FASTEST training mode — the forward/backward overhead
is amortized over chunk_len tokens.
The thought state (S,z) is carried between chunks (detached).
Args:
token_ids: (L,) 1D tensor.
chunk_len: tokens per chunk (16 = 16× fewer forward passes).
"""
self.engine.train()
self.engine.reset_thought(batch_size=1)
vocab = self.engine.vocab_size
total_loss = 0.0
correct = 0
total = 0
for start in range(0, len(token_ids) - chunk_len - 1, chunk_len):
chunk = token_ids[start:start + chunk_len].unsqueeze(0) # (1, C)
target = token_ids[start + 1:start + chunk_len + 1].unsqueeze(0) # (1, C)
# One forward over the whole chunk.
logits = self.engine.tick_chunk(chunk) # (1, C, vocab)
# Cross-entropy on all positions.
loss = F.cross_entropy(logits.reshape(-1, vocab), target.reshape(-1))
# One backward + step per chunk.
self.optimizer.zero_grad()
loss.backward()
torch.nn.utils.clip_grad_norm_(self.engine.parameters(), 1.0)
self.optimizer.step()
self.step_count += 1
total_loss += loss.item() * chunk_len
preds = logits.argmax(dim=-1)
correct += (preds == target).sum().item()
total += chunk_len
self.losses.append(loss.item())
return {
"avg_loss": total_loss / max(total, 1),
"accuracy": correct / max(total, 1),
"steps": total,
"optimizer_steps": self.step_count,
}
def train_step_batch(self, input_ids: torch.Tensor, target_ids: torch.Tensor,
max_ticks: int = 3) -> dict:
"""Train on a small batch using the think() method.
input_ids: (B, L) token ids.
target_ids: (B, L) next-token targets.
"""
self.engine.train()
self.engine.reset_thought(batch_size=input_ids.shape[0])
# Use think() to process the whole sequence.
logits = self.engine.think(input_ids, max_ticks=max_ticks, confidence_threshold=0.5)
# The logits are (B, L, vocab) — but think() only produces output when
# confident. For training we compute loss on ALL positions.
loss = F.cross_entropy(
logits.reshape(-1, self.engine.vocab_size),
target_ids.reshape(-1),
)
self.optimizer.zero_grad()
loss.backward()
torch.nn.utils.clip_grad_norm_(self.engine.parameters(), 1.0)
self.optimizer.step()
self.step_count += 1
return {"loss": loss.item()}
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