Editor’s Summary: This post provides a detailed explanation of how transformers work. Transformers in this context refers to a tool for sequence transduction (converting one sequence of symbols to another) an essential tool for natural language processing. The author provides a step by step discussion of how transformers work in terms of language, including many useful visualizations. The post covers the concepts of one-hot encoding, matrix multiplications, and backpropagation. This is a useful introduction to understanding transformers, which power many AI models.
Editors’ Choice: Transformers from Scratch
