Summary of Aligning Few-step Diffusion Models with Dense Reward Difference Learning, by Ziyi Zhang et al.
Aligning Few-Step Diffusion Models with Dense Reward Difference Learning
by Ziyi Zhang, Li Shen, Sen Zhang, Deheng Ye, Yong Luo, Miaojing Shi, Bo Du, Dacheng Tao
First submitted to arxiv on: 18 Nov 2024
Categories
- Main: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
- Secondary: Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (cs.CV)
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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 Stepwise Diffusion Policy Optimization (SDPO) method is designed to address the issue of step generalization in few-step diffusion models. Standard alignment methods often struggle with inconsistent performance across different denoising step scenarios, which can hinder practical applications. SDPO incorporates dense reward feedback at every intermediate step, learning the differences between paired samples to optimize few-step diffusion models. This approach ensures consistent alignment across all denoising steps and promotes stable and efficient training through online reinforcement learning strategies. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary SDPO is a new way to help diffusion models work better. Right now, methods for aligning these models often don’t perform well when the process has only a few steps. SDPO changes this by giving feedback at every step, not just the last one. This helps the model learn to make consistent decisions throughout the denoising process. The results show that SDPO works better than other methods and can handle different step configurations. |
Keywords
» Artificial intelligence » Alignment » Diffusion » Generalization » Optimization » Reinforcement learning
