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"An energy function is a macroscopic measure of a network's activation state."

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Wait, so lower energy means better? That's like the opposite of what I'd expect from "energy".

Text Highlight2026-07-28 13:14:53

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"An energy function is a macroscopic measure of a network's activation state."

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So it's basically using physics jargon to describe how the network settles into a stable state. Cool.

Text Highlight2026-07-28 10:20:53

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"A typical generative task is as follows. At each step, a datapoint is sampled from the dataset, and part of the data is removed, and…"

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I've seen this in image inpainting too, not just text. Same trick, different domain.

Text Highlight2026-07-28 10:11:53

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"A typical generative task is as follows. At each step, a datapoint is sampled from the dataset, and part of the data is removed, and…"

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That's how they train those language models? Seems almost too simple to work that well.

Text Highlight2026-07-28 10:02:53

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"A typical generative task is as follows. At each step, a datapoint is sampled from the dataset, and part of the data is removed, and…"

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So it's basically like playing a game of peek-a-boo with data, hiding a piece and making the model guess.

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