Attention is All You Need Until You Need Retention

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2501.09166v1
• Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2025 21:33:53 GMT
• Title: Attention is All You Need Until You Need Retention
• Authors: M. Murat Yaslioglu,
• Abstract summary: This work introduces a novel Retention Layer mechanism for Transformer based architectures, addressing their inherent lack of intrinsic retention capabilities. The Retention Layer incorporates a persistent memory module capable of real time data population, dynamic recall, and guided output generation. In each domain, the retention mechanism enables systems to learn incrementally, personalize outputs, and respond to evolving real world challenges effectively.
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• Abstract: This work introduces a novel Retention Layer mechanism for Transformer based architectures, addressing their inherent lack of intrinsic retention capabilities. Unlike human cognition, which can encode and dynamically recall symbolic templates, Generative Pretrained Transformers rely solely on fixed pretrained weights and ephemeral context windows, limiting their adaptability. The proposed Retention Layer incorporates a persistent memory module capable of real time data population, dynamic recall, and guided output generation. This enhancement allows models to store, update, and reuse observed patterns across sessions, enabling incremental learning and bridging the gap between static pretraining and dynamic, context sensitive adaptation. The Retention Layer design parallels social learning processes, encompassing attention, retention, reproduction, and motivation stages. Technically, it integrates a memory attention mechanism and episodic buffers to manage memory scalability, mitigate overfitting, and ensure efficient recall. Applications span adaptive personal assistants, real time fraud detection, autonomous robotics, content moderation, and healthcare diagnostics. In each domain, the retention mechanism enables systems to learn incrementally, personalize outputs, and respond to evolving real world challenges effectively. By emulating key aspects of human learning, this retention enhanced architecture fosters a more fluid and responsive AI paradigm, paving the way for dynamic, session aware models that extend the capabilities of traditional Transformers into domains requiring continual adaptation.

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