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Poster

Linear combinations of latents in generative models: subspaces and beyond

Erik Bodin · Alexandru Stere · Dragos Margineantu · Carl Ek · Henry Moss

Hall 3 + Hall 2B #177
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Fri 25 Apr midnight PDT — 2:30 a.m. PDT

Abstract:

Sampling from generative models has become a crucial tool for applications like data synthesis and augmentation. Diffusion, Flow Matching and Continuous Normalizing Flows have shown effectiveness across various modalities, and rely on latent variables for generation. For experimental design or creative applications that require more control over the generation process, it has become common to manipulate the latent variable directly. However, existing approaches for performing such manipulations (e.g. interpolation or forming low-dimensional representations) only work well in special cases or are network or data-modality specific. We propose Linear combinations of Latent variables (LOL) as a general-purpose method to form linear combinations of latent variables that adhere to the assumptions of the generative model. As LOL is easy to implement and naturally addresses the broader task of forming any linear combinations, e.g. the construction of subspaces of the latent space, LOL dramatically simplifies the creation of expressive low-dimensional representations of high-dimensional objects.

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