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poloclub/transformer-explainer

Transformer Explained Visually: Learn How LLM Transformer Models Work with Interactive Visualization

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How fast poloclub/transformer-explainer is gaining stars, and where it lands on Trendshift and GitHub Trending

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Stars, forks and merged pull requests each day or month, lined up with the repository's rank on Trendshift Trending

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Stars +587 in 61 days

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Forks +114 in 61 days

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Merged PRs 0 in 61 days

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    Oct 30, 2024 – Oct 13, 2026Best #2

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    1. Oct 141 post

      • 5. getopenscreen/openscreen 带自动剪辑功能的开源录屏工具。录完自动跟随鼠标缩放；还可删转写文字来剪掉对应视频。

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      • Transformers are easier to learn when you can poke the model directly. Transformer Explainer is an interactive visualization tool for learning how Transformer-based text-generation models like GPT…

        Read full on X, posted by @DanKornas

        @DanKornas · x.com

    4. 1 month earlier
    5. May 171 post

      • This free interactive explainer just exposed how GPT actually works. Most people treat Transformers like magic. You type something in, words come out. What happens inside stays a black box for almost…

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        @AlphaSignalAI · x.com

    6. May 141 post

      • Transformer Explainer runs a live GPT-2 in your browser — every attention weight, token prediction, and layer visualized in real time. Built at Georgia Tech, published at IEEE VIS 2024.

        Read full on X, posted by @so_sthbryan

        @so_sthbryan · x.com

    7. May 131 post

      • 🐾 Transformer Explainer: Interactive Learning of Text-Generative Models Experiment with GPT in your browser and see how it predicts words! Learn more: Follow @repocatai_git for more AI & robotics…

        Read full on X, posted by @repocatai_git

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