Diffusion Models as a Kind of Hierarchical VAE

Posted by angusturner on Monday July 12, 2021 @06:51AM
from the angusturner.github.io dept.

https://angusturner.github.io/generative_models/2021/06/29/diffusion-probabilistic-models-I.html

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Re:Diffusion Models as a Kind of Hierarchical VAE by Algomancer on Monday July 12, 2021 @08:53AM (#27809717)

This is very well written.

I hope work diffusion models develops such that the sample efficiency is improved. There is something really satisfying about how progressive sampling works in these models.

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Re:Diffusion Models as a Kind of Hierarchical VAE by angusturner on Monday July 12, 2021 @06:51AM (#27808998)

New blog post exploring diffusion models from the perspective of variational inference, along with PyTorch code.

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