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Posterior collapse in Beta-VAEs acts as automatic spectral pruning

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Researchers have demonstrated that posterior collapse in $\beta$-Variational Autoencoders (VAEs) functions as an automatic spectral pruning mechanism. This process occurs when a latent mode's contribution to reconstruction falls below a threshold determined by the $\beta$ parameter. The study derives this finding through a Landau stability analysis, introducing an order parameter to rank latent modes by utility and identify which variables to inspect first. AI

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Posterior collapse in Beta-VAEs acts as automatic spectral pruning

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COVERAGE [2]

  1. arXiv cs.LG TIER_1 English(EN) · Johannes Hirn ·

    Posterior Collapse as Automatic Spectral Pruning

    arXiv:2605.22691v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: We show that posterior collapse in $\beta$-VAEs implements automatic spectral pruning. A latent mode collapses if its contribution to reconstruction is below the cutoff set by $\beta$. Equilibrium solutions with different $\beta$ th…

  2. arXiv cs.LG TIER_1 English(EN) · Johannes Hirn ·

    Posterior Collapse as Automatic Spectral Pruning

    We show that posterior collapse in $β$-VAEs implements automatic spectral pruning. A latent mode collapses if its contribution to reconstruction is below the cutoff set by $β$. Equilibrium solutions with different $β$ thus reveal a cascade of collapses as latent modes decouple fr…

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