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question:what-is-the-analogue-of-spatial-positional-encodings-for-higher-order-tasks-such-as-languagewhat is the analogue of spatial positional encodings for higher order tasks such as language?
Open question raised in Discussion about extending TEM-t principles beyond spatial navigation.
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extracted_from(2021) · James C. R. Whittington · Joseph W. Warren · Timothy E.J. Behrens
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- Hypothesis that in language tasks, the abstract structure encoded in positional encodings corresponds to grammatical structure.
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