Name origin transformer

hi all.
Why are transformers called transformers?
all representation learning models transform the input to a more elaborate form, so I guess that’s not the reason behind it.

Is there any meme responsible for the name as we have seen it at “inception modules” (“we need to go deeper” meme from inception)?

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are you asking about “Transformers” lib from HuggingFace?
if so, I am curious too