Neural-network building blocks · MLD-0456

GELU

A smooth activation multiplying an input by its standard-normal cumulative probability.

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Original example

Use a smooth nonlinearity in Transformer feed-forward blocks.

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Implementations may use approximations.

Context and aliases

Level: Intermediate. Stages: Training · Inference · Theory.

Tags: DL · SLM · LLM · Vision · NLP.

Aliases: Gaussian error linear unit.

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