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Understanding Tokenization and Embedding in Natural Language Processing

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Summary

The article discusses the tokenization and embedding process in natural language processing, likening it to a path through a vector space. It explores the concept of mapping words to vectors and visualizes text as a journey through this space.

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The tokenization and embedding step maps individual words (or tokens) to some \(\mathbb{R}^n\) vectors.
A piece of text is then a path through this space - going from word to word to word, tracing a (possibly convoluted) line.
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In many discussions where questions of "alignment" or "AI safety" crop up, I am baffled by seriously intelligent people imbuing almost magic...

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