Summary of Conditional [mask] Discrete Diffusion Language Model, by Hyukhun Koh et al.
Conditional [MASK] Discrete Diffusion Language Model
by Hyukhun Koh, Minha Jhang, Dohyung Kim, Sangmook Lee, Kyomin Jung
First submitted to arxiv on: 10 Nov 2024
Categories
- Main: Computation and Language (cs.CL)
- Secondary: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI)
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| High | Paper authors | High Difficulty Summary Read the original abstract here |
| Medium | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Medium Difficulty Summary The paper proposes a novel framework called Diffusion-EAGS to address challenges in natural language processing (NLP) such as limited controllability and lack of diversity in generated text. Traditional auto-regressive models excel in NLP but struggle with these limitations, while non-auto-regressive methods often produce poor outputs. The proposed framework integrates conditional masked language models into diffusion language models using a conditional Markov Random Field. To improve performance, the authors introduce entropy-adaptive Gibbs sampling and entropy-based noise scheduling to balance each model’s strengths and weaknesses. Experimental results show that Diffusion-EAGS outperforms baselines in terms of quality-diversity tradeoff, demonstrating its effectiveness in non-autoregressive text generation. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary This paper tries to solve a problem in computer language processing where machines struggle to create new texts and control what they say. Right now, there are two main types of models: auto-regressive and non-auto-regressive. Auto-regressive models do well but have limitations, while non-auto-regressive models often produce bad results. The researchers created a new framework called Diffusion-EAGS that combines the strengths of both types. They also developed special techniques to make it work better. Tests show that their new method performs much better than others and is great for creating new texts. |
Keywords
» Artificial intelligence » Autoregressive » Diffusion » Natural language processing » Nlp » Text generation
