Is attention all you need? (transformers SOTA in 2027)
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This market simulates the wager between Jonathan Frankie (@jefrankle) and Sasha Rush (@srush_nlp)

Details can be fount at https://www.isattentionallyouneed.com/

Proposition

On January 1, 2027, a Transformer-like model will continue to hold the state-of-the-art position in most benchmarked tasks in natural language processing.

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bought Ṁ100 NO

https://www.liquid.ai/liquid-foundation-models

do people have takes on this?

In 2030, which AI paper will have the most citations?

What about hybrid models, like Jamba? They might be the best of both worlds.

predictedYES

Yes given that an architecture qualifies that levers a combination of transformer models and supporting infra components that wouldn’t be considered breakthrough technologies on their own (e.g. RAG).

So do mixtures of experts count? The linked page this not contain any actual details.

bought Ṁ4 YES at 61%
predictedYES

@EchoNolan I talked to Sasha, and his response is basically that as long as the E in the MoE is Transformer, its a transformer.

See: https://manifold.markets/HanchiSun/is-attention-all-you-need

@Tasty_Y and https://manifold.markets/ICRainbow/on-january-1-2027-a-transformerlike?r=SUNSYWluYm93

@_T_Grass

i have strong principled reasons this should stay at 50% for the next 24 hours

@jacksonpolack such as?

subsidy phasein

predictedYES

@jacksonpolack Hm, I will add in subsidy at a later point wherever the market stabilizes to maintain that

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