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0 pointsma2rten2y ago0 comments

No this is not correct. Arguably OpenAI invented LLMs with GPT3 and the preceding scaling laws paper. I worked on LAMDA, it came after GPT4 and was not as capable. Google did invent the transformer, but all the authors of the paper have left since.

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visarga2y ago

This is like the Ship of Theseus. If all transformer authors reunited under one startup rival of Google, who would have the bragging rights?

ma2rtenOP2y ago

Noam.

corethree2y ago

Isn't a transformer an LLM?

avarun2y ago

No. You’re confused. Most LLMs in production today use transformers under the hood but a transformer is most certainly not a type of LLM.

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