arXiv Machine Learning By Joshua Nunley

Attention as Frustrated Synchronization

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arXiv:2606. 18694v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: A network of oscillators that synchronizes perfectly computes nothing further, so an attention architecture built from synchronization must locate its computation in structured departures from agreement.

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