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The speaker says that someone who knows computer science can understand how a transformer works with roughly a week or less of study.
Unresolved speaker · Why Leibniz Couldn't Find the Mind Inside the Mill (Joscha Bach) · 2 Nov 2026
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“And the transformer is a beautiful example. The transformer is a thing that is so easy to understand that you don't need to study more than a week if you know computer science to get it, how it works, right?”39:38Report a misattribution
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