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Simple Self-Conditioning Adaptation for Masked Diffusion Models
TL;DR
Masked diffusion models (MDMs) struggle with refining predictions for masked tokens, as they discard clean-state predictions during updates. To improve this, a post-training adaptation method is proposed that allows for better cross-step refinement of these models.
✦ Why It Matters
Engineers can implement this adaptation to enhance the performance of masked diffusion models in their applications.
Key Takeaways
- Adopt SCMDM for better sequence generation results.
- Reduce generative perplexity significantly with minimal changes.
- Enhance image and molecular generation quality.
- Avoid costly retraining by using self-conditioning.
How It Works
SCMDM improves masked diffusion models by allowing them to use their own previous predictions during the denoising process. Instead of discarding predictions for masked tokens, SCMDM conditions each step on these prior outputs, enabling better refinement and reducing reliance on the mask token alone.