Self-attention acts as a covariance readout that unifies in-context learning via population gradient descent and repetitive generation via asymptotic Markov behavior.
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Priming transfers knowledge from pre-trained Transformers to hybrid SSM-attention models, recovering performance with minimal additional tokens and showing Gated KalmaNet outperforming Mamba-2 on long-context reasoning at 32B scale.
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Self-Attention as a Covariance Readout: A Unified View of In-Context Learning and Repetition
Self-attention acts as a covariance readout that unifies in-context learning via population gradient descent and repetitive generation via asymptotic Markov behavior.
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Priming: Hybrid State Space Models From Pre-trained Transformers
Priming transfers knowledge from pre-trained Transformers to hybrid SSM-attention models, recovering performance with minimal additional tokens and showing Gated KalmaNet outperforming Mamba-2 on long-context reasoning at 32B scale.