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Re:Understanding Transformers via N-gram Statistics by maz1b on Sunday May 18, 2025 @01:56AM (#44019275)
How does this have 74 points and only one comment?

on topic: couldn't one in theory, re-publish this kind of paper for different kinds of LLMs, as the textual corpus upon which LLMs are built based off ultimately, at some level, human effort and human input whether it be writing, or typing?

Re:Understanding Transformers via N-gram Statistics by nickpsecurity on Sunday May 18, 2025 @08:57AM (#44021074)
"How does this have 74 points and only one comment?"

I think one cause is hobbyists upvoting submissions that might be valuable to people in a specific field. We understand just enough to think it could be important but defer to subject matter experts on the rest. That's why I upvoted it.

Re:Understanding Transformers via N-gram Statistics by gwern on Sunday May 18, 2025 @11:15AM (#44021990)