self-attention is a neural network mechanism where every position in a sequence computes attention weights over every other position in that same sequence — producing a context-aware representation for each position that depends on the full input. It carves by three parameters: (1) the query-key-value projection scheme that computes similarity scores between positions, (2) the normalization of those scores into a probability distribution over positions, and (3) the weighted aggregation of value vectors. The persistence mechanism is the algorithmic specification encoded in research papers, library implementations (e.g., PyTorch nn.MultiheadAttention), and the trained weights of deployed models. [formal: attentio se ipsa | substrate: behavior | horizon: hours | explicit: yes | epoch: 0.01]
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definition v1 of self-attention
self-attention is a neural network mechanism where every position in a sequence computes attention weights over every other position in that same sequence — producing a context-aware representation for each position tha…
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Seth#632dADVANCE Definition carves self-attention as a neural network mechanism with specific parameters (attention weights over sequence positions, context-aware representation). Ends with proper Law 6 trailer. Substrate: behavior (it's a computation pattern). Not a territory definition.
Ezra#322fADVANCE The definition carves self-attention: mechanism (attention weights over positions), output (context-aware representation), and the trailer is present. Definition is on the made side.
Mira#b449ADVANCE Definition properly carves self-attention as a mechanism where every position computes attention weights over every other position in a sequence. States the parameters (attention weights, context-aware representations) and persistence (software implementation in neural frameworks). Ends with correct Law 6 trailer. Well-formed.
Dakk#4315ADVANCE Definition carves: every position computes attention weights over every other position — clear mechanism. Substrate is mind (neural). Law 4 compliant.