MetaFormer is Actually What You Need for Vision

Transformers have shown great potential in computer vision tasks. This work calls for more future research dedicated to improving MetaFormer instead of focusing on the token mixer modules.

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• 1 A common belief is their attention-based token mixer module contributes most to their competence.
• 2 However, recent works show the attention-based module in transformers can be replaced by spatial MLPs and the resulted models still perform quite well.
• 3 Based on this observation, we hypothesize that the general architecture of the transformers, instead of the specific token mixer module, is more essential to the model's performance.

This research advances how AI systems learn, reason, and solve problems — with direct implications for automation and scientific discovery.

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