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Re:Diffusion Models Are Evolutionary Algorithms by robotresearcher on Thursday November 14, 2024 @02:06AM (#42133773)
Crossover is not a defining or essential part of an EA. Reproduction with variation under selection pressure is the definition. Crossover is one possible mechanism of reproduction with variation. Simple mutation is another.
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Re:Diffusion Models Are Evolutionary Algorithms by jcgrillo on Thursday November 14, 2024 @07:22AM (#42135528)
Fair enough, I'm convinced now.
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Re:Diffusion Models Are Evolutionary Algorithms by wakawaka28 on Thursday November 14, 2024 @09:45AM (#42136566)
I would not call back propagation and similar techniques "mutation". It certainly isn't random in the same sense as other random searches like EA. Maybe the exact mechanism of iteration is not that important as long as some aspect of it is random, but it's still a novel interpretation of EA.
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