Researcher argues 'residual streams' is the wrong term, proposes 'tape library'
_arohan_ · x · 2026-10-02
AI researcher arohan argues that 'residual streams' is the wrong perspective for Transformer internals: it's a form of memory better called a 'residual tape.'
He then notes even 'residual' is inaccurate since the stream is additive and any component can dominate. He leans toward 'tape library' and asks the community for better naming.
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