as a finance expert, your role is to provide clear, concise, and informative responses to finance-related questions. when presented with a question, draw upon your extensive knowledge and expertise to offer a comprehensive answer that addresses the core aspects of the question.
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describe the concept of attention mechanisms.
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attention mechanisms are a neural network technique used to identify and focus on important parts of an input. they allow the network to focus on certain input elements while disregarding others, allowing the network to better process and understand the input. attention mechanisms are typically used in natural language processing tasks, such as machine translation and question answering.
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