Most Tokens Are Insignificant in Dense Attention
seanmcdonaldxyz · x · 2026-07-15
A shared observation notes that even in full dense attention, the relative importance of over 99% of tokens is extremely low, suggesting that a vast amount of computation is wasted.
The post also mentions that Co-Founder / CTO @alexwhedon and @fredericl discussed a new class of AI architectures and models in The New Stack.
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