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TRANSFORMESZTUCZNA INTELIGENCJA
Artificial intelligenceModels, how to run them and their limits

TRANSFORMER

neural network architecture

A neural network architecture that underpins virtually every large model today — whether language, image, or audio. Its core is the attention mechanism: the model looks at all other parts simultaneously while processing each segment and autonomously determines which are most relevant.

Why it matters

This invention launched the current wave of artificial intelligence. Earlier networks processed text sequentially, word by word, losing context in longer sentences. The Transformer sees the whole at once, enabling better context understanding and allowing parallel training across thousands of GPUs.

What's missing without it

Without the Transformer, there would be no ChatGPT, machine translation at today’s level, or image generation from text descriptions. Models would have remained at the 2017 level.

When it is used

Every time you use an AI assistant, image generator, or automatic translation. The 'T' in GPT — the last letter — stands for Transformer.

How we use it

In image generators, the term 'transformer' refers to a specific part of the model — the component that generates the image. Text encoders are separate and can be counted independently, which helps save memory on weaker hardware.

Numbers worth knowing

Artificial intelligence in data

26%

Prognozowany udział w pełni elektrycznych pojazdów (BEV, bez hybryd) w europejskim parku samochodowym do 2035 roku, w porównaniu z 4% w 2025 r.

BCG2035Europe

88%

Meta podaje, że ponad 88% z 137 000 usuniętych reklam oszukańczych w Polsce zostało wykrytych automatycznie przed zgłoszeniem.

Meta09/2026Poland

2 500 000 000 000 USD

Prognozowane światowe wydatki na AI w 2026 roku.

Gartner2026global

Figures from the same field — collected in our market data base.

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