Join us this week for an in-depth discussion on Compositional Learning in the context of cutting-edge text-to-image generative models. We will explore recent breakthroughs and challenges, focusing on how these models handle compositional tasks and where improvements can be made.
🌀 Abstract: This paper explores the use of Chain-of-Thought (CoT) reasoning to improve autoregressive image generation, an area not widely studied. The authors propose three techniques: scaling computation for verification, aligning preferences with Direct Preference Optimization (DPO), and integrating these methods for enhanced performance. They introduce two new reward models, PARM and PARM++, which adaptively assess and correct image generations. Their approach improves the Show-o model, achieving a +24% gain on the GenEval benchmark and surpassing Stable Diffusion 3 by +15%.
Join us this week for an in-depth discussion on Compositional Learning in the context of cutting-edge text-to-image generative models. We will explore recent breakthroughs and challenges, focusing on how these models handle compositional tasks and where improvements can be made.
🌀 Abstract: This paper explores the use of Chain-of-Thought (CoT) reasoning to improve autoregressive image generation, an area not widely studied. The authors propose three techniques: scaling computation for verification, aligning preferences with Direct Preference Optimization (DPO), and integrating these methods for enhanced performance. They introduce two new reward models, PARM and PARM++, which adaptively assess and correct image generations. Their approach improves the Show-o model, achieving a +24% gain on the GenEval benchmark and surpassing Stable Diffusion 3 by +15%.
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Should You Buy Bitcoin?
In general, many financial experts support their clients’ desire to buy cryptocurrency, but they don’t recommend it unless clients express interest. “The biggest concern for us is if someone wants to invest in crypto and the investment they choose doesn’t do well, and then all of a sudden they can’t send their kids to college,” says Ian Harvey, a certified financial planner (CFP) in New York City. “Then it wasn’t worth the risk.” The speculative nature of cryptocurrency leads some planners to recommend it for clients’ “side” investments. “Some call it a Vegas account,” says Scott Hammel, a CFP in Dallas. “Let’s keep this away from our real long-term perspective, make sure it doesn’t become too large a portion of your portfolio.” In a very real sense, Bitcoin is like a single stock, and advisors wouldn’t recommend putting a sizable part of your portfolio into any one company. At most, planners suggest putting no more than 1% to 10% into Bitcoin if you’re passionate about it. “If it was one stock, you would never allocate any significant portion of your portfolio to it,” Hammel says.
