Big Bird

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Transformer Variants Head to Head: A benchmark for comparing different AI transformers.

The transformer architecture has inspired a plethora of variations. Yet researchers have used a patchwork of metrics to evaluate their performance, making them hard to compare. New work aims to level the playing field.
Graphs related to different attention mechanisms
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More Efficient Transformers: BigBird is an efficient attention mechanism for transformers.

As transformer networks move to the fore in applications from language to vision, the time it takes them to crunch longer sequences becomes a more pressing issue. A new method lightens the computational load using sparse attention.
Sesame Street characters together
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Inside AI’s Muppet Empire: Why Are So Many NLP Models Named After Muppets?

As language models show increasing power, a parallel trend has received less notice: The vogue for naming models after characters in the children’s TV show Sesame Street.

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