Discrete Diffusion Perspective Yields Recurrent Transformers That Bypass Backprop Through Recursion
SkyLi0n · x · 2026-09-03
New work derives a 'recurrent transformer' from a discrete diffusion perspective, leading to an algorithm that bypasses backpropagation through recursive operations. SkyLi0n notes diffusion LMs and recurrent transformers are two sides of test-time scaling—and can be done together, unifying two hot architectures under one framework.
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