Summary of Informed Correctors For Discrete Diffusion Models, by Yixiu Zhao et al.
Informed Correctors for Discrete Diffusion Models
by Yixiu Zhao, Jiaxin Shi, Feng Chen, Shaul Druckmann, Lester Mackey, Scott Linderman
First submitted to arxiv on: 30 Jul 2024
Categories
- Main: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
- 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 proposed predictor-corrector sampling scheme addresses limitations in efficient sampling from generative models in discrete domains. Existing methods struggle to balance computation and sample quality when reducing the number of sampling steps, even when the model has learned the data distribution well. This approach incorporates a corrector informed by the diffusion model to mitigate accumulating approximation errors. Architectural modifications based on hollow transformers and a tailored training objective enhance the effectiveness of the informed corrector. The method is demonstrated using synthetic examples and achieves superior samples with fewer steps on tokenized ImageNet 256×256, resulting in improved FID scores for discrete diffusion models. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary Discrete diffusion is a powerful framework for generating images. However, it’s hard to get good results when you don’t have enough information. Researchers found that existing methods struggle to balance how much computation they do and how well the generated images look. They proposed a new way to sample from these models called predictor-corrector sampling. This method uses the diffusion model to make corrections as needed, which helps improve the quality of the generated images. The results are impressive, with better-looking images being generated faster. |
Keywords
* Artificial intelligence * Diffusion * Diffusion model
