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Tag: implicit generative modeling

  • Go with the Flow: Seeking the Philosophers’ Stone for the New Alchemy of Generative Modeling

    Although I run the risk of abusing the metaphor when it comes to describing implicit generative modeling (IGM) as alchemy, I remain fond of this viewpoint of using IGM to transform digital “lead” (the cheap and plentiful source data that we can easily sample) into digital “gold” (the precious target data that we want to…

  • The “New Alchemy” of Generative Modeling

    In the very early days of the study of physics, natural philosophers extended their world-understanding efforts to the pursuit of immortality-granting elixirs, cure-all potions, and the transmutation of base metals into precious metals. In this latter application, the precious targets were typically gold and silver, and the respective base sources were most often lead, copper,…