Is attention all you need? (transformers SOTA in 2027)

Question

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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Manifold Markets · Answer

Almost certainly — Manifold Markets prediction market estimates a 95% chance (142 traders, as of Aug 18, 2026).