Positional encoding
Positional information is added because basic attention does not inherently encode sequence order. The original Transformer used sinusoidal encodings, while later systems may use learned or rotary alternatives.
Overview. Positional information is added because basic attention does not inherently encode sequence order.
Context. The original Transformer used sinusoidal encodings, while later systems may use learned or rotary alternatives.
Claims and evidence
Claim ledger, 2Positional information is added because basic attention does not inherently encode sequence order.
The original Transformer used sinusoidal encodings, while later systems may use learned or rotary alternatives.