Ask HN: Can someone ELI5 transformers and the “Attention is all we need” paper?

515 points by Sai_ 3 years ago | 196 comments

Ask HN thread requesting a simple explanation of transformer models and the "Attention Is All You Need" paper, with community replies and resource links.

Ask HN: What have you built with LLMs?

47 points by shoebham 2 years ago | 30 comments

Ask HN: Who's building on Python NoGIL?

119 points by grandimam 1 year ago | 64 comments

Ask HN: What are your current programming pet peeves?

15 points by alexathrowawa9 1 year ago | 37 comments

Ask HN: Alternatives to Vector DB?

8 points by tmaly 1 year ago | 12 comments

Ask HN: Any insider takes on Yann LeCun's push against current architectures?

327 points by vessenes 1 year ago | 271 comments

Ask HN thread seeking expert opinions on Yann LeCun's argument that LLMs can't fix hallucinations and his proposed energy-minimization architectures.