Studying at different universities over the past few years made me realize the difference between good and great institutions. Good universities help you gain knowledge in your field. You attend classes, study, take exams, graduate and find a job. Their professors conduct good research, though they may not be leading experts in their disciplines. At a great university, on the other hand, some of…
In a time of accelerating AI development, I think we should take a step back and understand why and for what purposes we want to use generative models. Throughout this post, I will distinguish between two different generations of generative models. The first, and current, generation is good at imitating human behavior, but struggles with out-of-distribution generalization, which is necessary for…