In this episode of the AI Concepts Podcast, host Shay delves into the transformation of deep learning architectures, highlighting the limitations of RNNs, LSTM, and GRU models when handling sequence processing and long-range dependencies. The breakthrough discussed is the attention mechanism, which allows models to dynamically focus on relevant parts of input, improving efficiency and contextual awareness. Shay unpacks the process where every word in a sequence is analyzed for its relevance using attention scores, and how this mechanism contributes to faster training, better scalability, and a more refined understanding in AI models. The episode explores how attention, specifically self-attention, has become a cornerstone for modern architectures like GPT, BERT, and others, offering insights into AI's ability to handle text, vision, and even multimodal inputs efficiently. Tune in to learn about the transformative role of attention in AI and prepare for a deeper dive into the upcoming discussion on the transformer architecture, which has revolutionized AI development by focusing solely on attention.