Attention Sinks Are Provably Necessary in Softmax Transformers: Evidence from Trigger-Conditional Tasks
Attention Sinks Are Provably Necessary in Softmax Transformers: Evidence from Trigger-Conditional Tasks explores This research proves the necessity of attention sinks in softmax transformers and explores alternatives with ReLU attention.. Commercial viability score: 3/10 in Transformers.
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