Diffusion LM Decoding Doesn't Have to Be Left-to-Right
furongh · x · 2026-07-06
In masked diffusion LMs, decoding doesn't have to occur strictly from left to right; the model can choose the next masked position to reveal. In principle, this opens the door to more flexible and ultimately more parallel reasoning, though it presents a critical challenge.
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