Introducing Strong Stochastic Flow Maps
TLDR: Stochastic Flow Maps where we learn the stochastic solution path.
Work led by Sam McCallum, @zwblasingame, with Timothy Herschelll, @AlexanderTong7, and @JamesFosterBath
Arxiv: https://t.co/Hy8WWZOnjE
Code: https://t.co/PMe6RoqyZA
Many VLM papers propose new connectors claiming improved performance, but then every follow-up paper just replaces it with a super simple MLP (1 or 2 layers)
Simplicity wins again
Introducing Flux Matching, a generative modeling paradigm that generalizes diffusion models to vector fields that need not be the score function.
Enables structural priors in the dynamics, faster sampling, interpretable generation, and more!
w/ @StefanoErmon@Xiaojie_Qiu 🧵⤵️
Wow. This is big.
Researchers have created tiny devices called metajets that can be lifted and steered in multiple directions using lasers.
For the first time, optical propulsion systems can achieve true 3D maneuvering.
If this scales, it could make missions to Alpha Centauri, about 4.37 light years away, feel far less impossible.
Concepts built on this approach suggest spacecraft could reach speeds of up to 20% of the speed of light (0.2c), cutting travel time to roughly 20 years.
In other words, this could open the door to fuel-free, laser driven spacecraft capable of reaching another star within a human lifetime.