Word embedding layers function as lookup tables that map each word to a vector with continuous values representing that word, since neural networks learn through numbers and cannot directly process words.

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a word embedding layer can be thought of as a lookup table to grab a learn factor of representation of each word neural networks learned through numbers so each word maps to a vector with continuous values

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Illustrated Guide to Transformers Neural Network: A step by step explanationThe AI Hacker
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