Understanding Generative AI Business Applications: A Guide to Technical Principles and Real-World Applications

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I. CroninUnderstanding Generative AI Business Applicationshttps://doi.org/10.1007/979-8-8688-0282-9_5

5. Unpacking Transformer-Based NLP

Irena Cronin¹  

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Savannah, GA, USA

 

The evolution of NLP has been significantly marked by the advent of transformer-based models. These revolutionary models, which include the GPT variants, have ushered in a new era of language understanding and generation, redefining the capabilities of AI in dealing with human language. Prior to the rise of transformers, NLP predominantly relied on various other architectures, such as Recurrent Neural Networks (RNNs) and Convolutional Neural Networks (CNNs), each tailored for specific ...