Blink of an Eye: A Simple Theory for Feature Localization in Generative Models
Published in International Conference on Machine Learning (Oral, top 1%), 2025
We present a concise theoretical framework that explains sudden feature localization events—”blinks of an eye”—in diffusion and autoregressive generative models.
Recommended citation: Marvin Li, Aayush Karan, and Sitan Chen. (2025). "Blink of an Eye: A Simple Theory for Feature Localization in Generative Models." Proceedings of the 42nd International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML).
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