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Diffusion models face confidence limits with dependent tokens, study finds

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A new paper published on arXiv explores the limitations of confidence in discrete diffusion models, particularly when generating sequences with inherent dependencies between tokens. The research demonstrates that current methods, which generate multiple token positions per step from per-position distributions, only match the training distribution when these positions are conditionally independent. The study verifies this on a synthetic task, showing that generated distributions can be significantly higher than the sampling-noise floor, even when per-sample metrics appear normal. AI

IMPACT Highlights a theoretical limitation in diffusion models that could impact their reliability for sequential data generation.

RANK_REASON The cluster contains a research paper detailing theoretical limitations of diffusion models. [lever_c_demoted from research: ic=1 ai=1.0]

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Diffusion models face confidence limits with dependent tokens, study finds

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  1. arXiv cs.AI TIER_1 English(EN) · Russ Webb, Amitis Shidani, Alice Bizeul, Dan Busbridge ·

    Limits of Confidence in Diffusion

    arXiv:2609.20581v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Discrete diffusion, including remasking and uniform-state samplers, generate a sequence by writing multiple token positions per step, drawing each from a per-position distribution and choosing which positions to write from those sam…

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