Continuous Thought Machines (CTMs) - The Era of AI Beyond Transformers?

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In this video we dive into Continuous Thought Machines (CTMs), introduced in a recent paper from sakana.ai. Continuous Thought Machines suggest a novel model architecture that strives to push AI to be more similar to human brain. Specifically, CTMs put the concept of time in the center. Written Review - https://aipapersacademy.com/continuous-thought-machines/ Paper Page - https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.05522 GitHub Page - https://github.com/SakanaAI/continuous-thought-machines?tab=readme-ov-file ___________________ 🔔 Subscribe for more AI paper reviews! 📩 Newsletter - https://aipapersacademy.com/newsletter/ Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/aipapersacademy The video was edited using VideoScribe - https://tidd.ly/44TZEiX ___________________ Chapters: 0:00 Introduction 1:18 CTM Architecture 8:05 Results Example
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Introduction
1:18 CTM Architecture
8:05 Results Example
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