# LoRa Task Type what is the difference between Seq2Seq and CausalLM

**URL:** <https://discuss.huggingface.co/t/lora-task-type-what-is-the-difference-between-seq2seq-and-causallm/38769>\
**Category:** 🤗Transformers\
**Created:** [May 5, 2023, 9:25am UTC](https://discuss.huggingface.co/t/lora-task-type-what-is-the-difference-between-seq2seq-and-causallm/38769 "2023-05-05T09:25:53Z")\
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**Post date:** [May 5, 2023, 9:25am UTC](https://discuss.huggingface.co/t/lora-task-type-what-is-the-difference-between-seq2seq-and-causallm/38769/1 "2023-05-05T09:25:53Z")

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Hello,

I was wondering what is the difference between Seq2Seq and CausalLM when setting Task Type