Sander Dieleman's 'Perspectives on Diffusion' resurfaces in flow matching debate

psuraj28 · x · 2026-09-02

In the flow matching vs. CNF discussion, Suraj Patil points to Sander Dieleman's 2023 long-form post 'Perspectives on Diffusion', which surveys the many viewpoints and equivalences of diffusion models — from 'diffusion models are autoencoders' to guidance and diffusion language models — helping readers connect ideas across papers and implementations.

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