Visualizing the Transformer architecture by tracing a single prompt

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OP here. I realized most LLM explainers are either 'it's magic' or 'here is the PyTorch code.' I wanted to build a visual mental model for the mechanics in the middle (specifically embeddings and attention). I used analogies like 'Grocery Stores' for vector space and 'Workbenches' for context windows. Hope it helps visualize the black box!

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