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Transformers originated from small translation gains

April 5, 2026Rohan Paul

Rohan Paul says the Attention is All You Need paper came from trying to get a 3% gain in Google Translate, quoting Palantir CTO Shyam Sankar that innovation follows production.

Google's "Attention is All You Need" paper came from trying to get a 3% gain in Google Translate.
Innovation is a consequence of production.
"If you don't make the thing, you cede your opportunity to innovate on the thing."
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