A mathematical framework for Transformer Circuits

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Anthropic

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2021-12-22

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Reverse-engineering small attention-only transformers reveals how induction heads form via head composition.

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https://www.anthropic.com/research/a-mathematical-framework-for-transformer-circuits

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