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Embedding
Models & Architectures
Numerical vector representation of tokens or objects.
Embeddings map words, sentences, images, or items into dense vector spaces where semantically similar entities are close.
- Uses: Search/retrieval, clustering, recommendation systems, model features.
- Training: Self-supervised (e.g., contrastive learning) or labeled.
- Practice: Dimension selection, distance metric, normalization, drift monitoring.