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arxiv preprint - Mega-TTS 2: Zero-Shot Text-to-Speech with Arbitrary Length Speech Prompts

In this episode we discuss Mega-TTS 2: Zero-Shot Text-to-Speech with Arbitrary Length Speech Prompts
by Ziyue Jiang, Jinglin Liu, Yi Ren, Jinzheng He, Chen Zhang, Zhenhui Ye, Pengfei Wei, Chunfeng Wang, Xiang Yin, Zejun Ma, Zhou Zhao. The paper discusses Mega-TTS 2, a text-to-speech model that can synthesize speech for unseen speakers using arbitrary-length prompts. Previous models had limitations with imitating natural speaking styles due to short prompts, but Mega-TTS 2 addresses this by introducing a timbre encoder and a prosody language model. The model also incorporates arbitrary-source prompts for enhanced prosody control and utilizes a phoneme-level duration model for in-context learning. Experimental results show that Mega-TTS 2 can synthesize identity-preserving speech with both short and long prompts.

ICLR 2023 - Copy Is All You Need

In this episode we discuss Copy Is All You Need
by Tian Lan, Deng Cai, Yan Wang, Heyan Huang, Xian-Ling Mao. The paper presents a novel approach to text generation by using copy-and-paste operations from an existing text collection instead of selecting from a fixed vocabulary. Contextualized representations of text segments are computed and indexed for efficient retrieval. Experimental results show improved generation quality compared to traditional models, with comparable inference efficiency. The approach also enables effective domain adaptation and performance enhancement with larger text collections.

arxiv preprint - NIFTY: Neural Object Interaction Fields for Guided Human Motion Synthesis

In this episode we discuss NIFTY: Neural Object Interaction Fields for Guided Human Motion Synthesis
by Nilesh Kulkarni, Davis Rempe, Kyle Genova, Abhijit Kundu, Justin Johnson, David Fouhey, Leonidas Guibas. The paper presents a method called NIFTY, which utilizes a neural interaction field to generate 3D human motions interacting with objects in a scene. The interaction field guides the sampling of an object-conditioned human motion diffusion model to ensure plausible contacts and affordance semantics. To overcome data scarcity, the paper introduces a synthetic data pipeline using a pre-trained motion model and interaction-specific anchor poses to train a guided diffusion model, resulting in realistic motions for sitting and lifting with various objects.

ICCV 2023 - DreamTeacher: Pretraining Image Backbones with Deep Generative Models

In this episode we discuss DreamTeacher: Pretraining Image Backbones with Deep Generative Models
by Daiqing Li, Huan Ling, Amlan Kar, David Acuna, Seung Wook Kim, Karsten Kreis, Antonio Torralba, Sanja Fidler. This paper presents DreamTeacher, a self-supervised feature representation learning framework that utilizes generative networks to pre-train image backbones. The authors propose two methods of knowledge distillation: transferring generative features to target backbones and transferring labels from generative networks to target backbones. Through extensive analysis and experiments, they demonstrate that DreamTeacher outperforms existing self-supervised learning approaches and that pre-training with DreamTeacher enhances performance on downstream datasets, showcasing the potential of generative models for representation learning without manual labeling.

arxiv preprint - Taming Encoder for Zero Fine-tuning Image Customization with Text-to-Image Diffusion Models

In this episode we discuss Taming Encoder for Zero Fine-tuning Image Customization with Text-to-Image Diffusion Models
by Xuhui Jia, Yang Zhao, Kelvin C. K. Chan, Yandong Li, Han Zhang, Boqing Gong, Tingbo Hou, Huisheng Wang, Yu-Chuan Su. This paper presents a method for generating customized images based on user specifications. The approach uses an encoder to capture high-level semantics of objects, enabling faster image generation. The acquired object embedding is then used in a text-to-image synthesis model, and different network designs and training strategies are explored to blend the object-aware embedding space with the text-to-image model. The paper demonstrates compelling output quality and appearance diversity, with the ability to produce diverse content and styles conditioned on texts and objects without the need for test-time optimization.

arxiv preprint - LightGlue: Local Feature Matching at Light Speed

In this episode we discuss LightGlue: Local Feature Matching at Light Speed
by Philipp Lindenberger, Paul-Edouard Sarlin, Marc Pollefeys. The paper presents LightGlue, a deep neural network that matches local features across images. LightGlue is more efficient in terms of memory and computation, more accurate, and easier to train compared to the state-of-the-art model. It adapts to the difficulty of the matching problem, making it suitable for latency-sensitive applications like 3D reconstruction. The authors provide the code and trained models for LightGlue, demonstrating its superiority in efficiency and accuracy compared to existing approaches.

arxiv preprint - VanillaNet: the Power of Minimalism in Deep Learning

In this episode we discuss VanillaNet: the Power of Minimalism in Deep Learning
by Hanting Chen, Yunhe Wang, Jianyuan Guo, Dacheng Tao. The paper introduces VanillaNet, a neural network architecture that prioritizes simplicity and minimalism. It avoids complex operations like self-attention and uses compact and straightforward layers. Experimental results demonstrate that VanillaNet performs comparably to existing deep neural networks and vision transformers, indicating the potential of minimalism in deep learning.

arxiv preprint - Secrets of RLHF in Large Language Models Part I: PPO

In this episode we discuss Secrets of RLHF in Large Language Models Part I: PPO
by Rui Zheng, Shihan Dou, Songyang Gao, Wei Shen, Binghai Wang, Yan Liu, Senjie Jin, Qin Liu, Limao Xiong, Lu Chen, Zhiheng Xi, Yuhao Zhou, Nuo Xu, Wenbin Lai, Minghao Zhu, Rongxiang Weng, Wensen Cheng, Cheng Chang, Zhangyue Yin, Yuan Hua, Haoran Huang, Tianxiang Sun, Hang Yan, Tao Gui, Qi Zhang, Xipeng Qiu, Xuanjing Huang. The paper discusses the challenges in implementing reinforcement learning with human feedback (RLHF) in large language models (LLMs) for the development of artificial general intelligence. The authors analyze the Proximal Policy Optimization (PPO) algorithm and propose an advanced version called PPO-max to improve training stability. They compare RLHF abilities with other models and find that LLMs trained using their algorithm have better understanding of queries and provide more impactful responses.

arxiv preprint - NILUT: Conditional Neural Implicit 3D Lookup Tables for Image Enhancement

In this episode we discuss NILUT: Conditional Neural Implicit 3D Lookup Tables for Image Enhancement
by Marcos V. Conde, Javier Vazquez-Corral, Michael S. Brown, Radu Timofte. The paper introduces NILUT, a method that uses neural networks to enhance images using 3D lookup tables (3D LUTs). Traditional 3D LUTs are memory-intensive, so NILUT offers an alternative by parameterizing the color transformation with a neural network. This method accurately imitates existing 3D LUTs and can incorporate multiple styles, allowing for blending between them.

arxiv preprint - Large Language Models as General Pattern Machines

In this episode we discuss Large Language Models as General Pattern Machines
by Suvir Mirchandani, Fei Xia, Pete Florence, Brian Ichter, Danny Driess, Montserrat Gonzalez Arenas, Kanishka Rao, Dorsa Sadigh, Andy Zeng. The paper discusses the capabilities of pre-trained large language models (LLMs) in completing complex token sequences. The study shows that LLMs can effectively complete sequences generated by probabilistic context-free grammars and intricate spatial patterns found in Abstract Reasoning Corpus. These capabilities suggest that LLMs can serve as general sequence modelers without any additional training, which can be applied to robotics, such as extrapolating sequences of numbers representing states over time and prompting reward-conditioned trajectories.