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ROMS-IMLE: Minimalist generative model challenges multi-step necessity

Researchers have introduced ROMS-IMLE, a novel generative model that challenges the prevailing belief in the necessity of gradual, multi-step transformations for high-quality sample generation. By adopting a minimalist approach, ROMS-IMLE utilizes Implicit Maximum Likelihood Estimation (IMLE) as its training objective and a convolutional neural network for its model architecture, eschewing complex methods like variational inference, adversarial training, and transformers. This single-step model demonstrates competitive performance, achieving an FID of 2.56 on ImageNet 256 with fast sampling speeds and good precision and recall. AI

IMPACT This research suggests that simpler, single-step generative models can achieve competitive results, potentially streamlining model development and inference.

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  1. arXiv cs.LG TIER_1 English(EN) · Chirag Vashist, Ke Li ·

    ROMS-IMLE: A Minimalist Approach to Competitive Single-Step Generative Modelling

    arXiv:2607.19332v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Generative models have undergone many generations of evolution, from VAEs/GANs to diffusion/flow matching. Along the way, the underlying techniques have become more complicated and various beliefs about what drives strong empirical …

  2. Hugging Face Daily Papers TIER_1 English(EN) ·

    ROMS-IMLE: A Minimalist Approach to Competitive Single-Step Generative Modelling

    Generative models have undergone many generations of evolution, from VAEs/GANs to diffusion/flow matching. Along the way, the underlying techniques have become more complicated and various beliefs about what drives strong empirical performance have taken hold. Due to the success …