The Principles of Diffusion Models by Lai et al.: thoughts on the monograph [D]

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I recently finished The Principles of Diffusion Models , and honestly I think it’s exceptional. The authors strike a really good balance between mathematical rigor and intuition , with dedicated appendices for anyone who wants to go deeper into the math. It’s aimed at researchers, graduate students, and practitioners with basic deep learning knowledge, so you don’t need to already specialize in diffusion models (in my case, a strong background in Information and Probability Theory as well as a s