You're missing the possibility that parameters during training were larger than models used for inference. It is common practice now to train large, then distill into a series of smaller models that can be used based on the task need.
"Our experiment provides evidence supporting that these language models are developing world models and relying on the world model to generate sequences." )
You're missing the possibility that parameters during training were larger than models used for inference. It is common practice now to train large, then distill into a series of smaller models that can be used based on the task need.