759: Full Encoder-Decoder Transformers Fully Explained, with Kirill Eremenko

Encoders, cross attention and masking for LLMs: SuperDataScience Founder Kirill Eremenko returns to the SuperDataScience podcast, where he speaks with Jon Krohn about transformer architectures and why they are a new frontier for generative AI. If you’re interested in applying LLMs to your business portfolio, you’ll want to pay close attention to this episode!This episode is brought to you by Ready Tensor, where innovation meets reproducibility, by Oracle NetSuite business software, and by Int...

An episode of the Super Data Science: ML & AI Podcast with Jon Krohn podcast, hosted by Jon Krohn, titled "759: Full Encoder-Decoder Transformers Fully Explained, with Kirill Eremenko" was published on February 20, 2024 and runs 103 minutes.

February 20, 2024 ·103m · Super Data Science: ML & AI Podcast with Jon Krohn

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Encoders, cross attention and masking for LLMs: SuperDataScience Founder Kirill Eremenko returns to the SuperDataScience podcast, where he speaks with Jon Krohn about transformer architectures and why they are a new frontier for generative AI. If you’re interested in applying LLMs to your business portfolio, you’ll want to pay close attention to this episode!This episode is brought to you by Ready Tensor, where innovation meets reproducibility, by Oracle NetSuite business software, and by Intel and HPE Ezmeral Software Solutions. Interested in sponsoring a SuperDataScience Podcast episode? Visit passionfroot.me/superdatascience for sponsorship information.In this episode you will learn:• How decoder-only transformers work [15:51]• How cross-attention works in transformers [41:05]• How encoders and decoders work together (an example) [52:46]• How encoder-only architectures excel at understanding natural language [1:20:34]• The importance of masking during self-attention [1:27:08]Additional materials: www.superdatascience.com/759

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