Unit 3.4 โ€” Generative Models

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[Verse 1]
Four families stand in the generative line
Each one creates with a different design
VAEs map to latent space so clean
Smoothest transitions you've ever seen
GANs play a game of cat and mouse
Generator builds while discriminator doubts

[Chorus]
Generate, evaluate, innovate with care
VAEs and GANs and diffusion everywhere
Flow-based models compute likelihood exact
FID and CLIP scores keep quality on track
But watch for deepfakes in this brave new world
Content authenticity must be unfurled

[Verse 2]
Beta-VAE learns to disentangle
VQ-VAE makes discrete data wrangle
StyleGAN paints portraits crystal clear
CycleGAN transforms without a tear
DDPM adds noise then learns to clean
Stable Diffusion makes art from dreams

[Chorus]
Generate, evaluate, innovate with care
VAEs and GANs and diffusion everywhere
Flow-based models compute likelihood exact
FID and CLIP scores keep quality on track
But watch for deepfakes in this brave new world
Content authenticity must be unfurled

[Bridge]
RealNVP flows with invertible might
Glow illuminates the data just right
Inception Score measures class diversity
Human judges rate with eyes that can see
C2PA standard marks what's authentic true
Provenance tracking shows what algorithms do

[Verse 3]
Train your diffusion step by step
Forward noise and backward prep
Evaluate with FID so low
Quality metrics help you know
When synthetic data serves you well
And when the warning signs should yell

[Chorus]
Generate, evaluate, innovate with care
VAEs and GANs and diffusion everywhere
Flow-based models compute likelihood exact
FID and CLIP scores keep quality on track
But watch for deepfakes in this brave new world
Content authenticity must be unfurled

[Outro]
From latent space to pixel bright
Generation brings new creative light
But governance keeps us on the path
Where innovation meets ethical math

โ† Unit 3.3 โ€” Recurrent Networks & Sequence Models | Unit 4.1 โ€” NLP Foundations โ†’