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The EE transformer is just as descriptive than the ML transformer. Your complaint is similar to cryptography conference attendants hating the word ,,crypto'' t
by xiphias2 4y ago
The EE transformer is just as descriptive than the ML transformer.
Your complaint is similar to cryptography conference attendants hating the word ,,crypto'' to change from cryptography to cryptocurrency, but that's just the natural evolution of language with technology (not mentioning that the original meaning of the Greek word is hidden/secret).
- saalweachter 4y agoDoes naming a public ledger 'hidden/secret' really make sense?
- xiphias2 4y agoOf course no, the new naming of crypto comes from cryptocurrency, which comes from currency based on cryptography. It's not the first time something like this happened, the only difference is that in the past languages evolved similarly in hundreds of years, now a new word can pop up in a day (but most new words get global in just a few years).
- marcosdumay 4y agoThe EE transformer was one of a few devices when it was created. It was not part of a field that had already hundreds of concepts with that same name, including a concept that describes everything that looks like a ML transformer.