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    Generative models· 2021

    Diffusion Models Beat GANs on Image Synthesis

    Prafulla Dhariwal (first author) · 2021

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    arXiv 2105.05233OpenAlex W3162926177

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    Why it matters

    Demonstrated diffusion's superiority in image quality and introduced influential classifier guidance.

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    2021 (from arXiv 2105.05233)
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    13,342 citations, as counted by Papers With Code (CC BY-SA 4.0)
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    0.458 · computed rank 282 · consensus 0.42, must-read 0, citations percentile 0.949 (2020s · generative-models), awards 0, existing lists 0. Method

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