You could have invented transformers from memory
The gist
Alex Wang published a blog post deriving every transformer layer from basic key-value memory.
He says this memory view of neural networks deserves wider attention.
How it unfolded
- Oct 15, 2026Alex Wang publishes the blog post "You could have invented transformers from memory."
- Oct 15, 2026Forbes Tech Council publishes Zuzanna Stamirowska's piece "Transformers Won't Get Us To Superintelligence."
- Oct 16, 2026Wang posts a thread on X summarizing the post, saying he shows how you could have invented every layer of the transformer from memory.