As I understand, the transformer architecture is built on deep learning. Would you say that transformers made a bigger progress RELATIVE to the progress made b

As I understand, the transformer architecture is built on deep learning. Would you say that transformers made a bigger progress RELATIVE to the progress made by deep learning? AFAIK, before the first wave of AI powered apps that were visible to users appeared thanks to deep learning in the early 10s. Users went from nothing to fancy AI features, the question is likely subjective but is the jump from nothing to fancy AI features the same as the jump from fancy AI features to GenAI in relative terms? We can't forget that new tech builds upon older tech hence merits need to be relative