#machine-learning-theory on Hacker News

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Exploding variance of means of exponentials: least-squares to the rescue (francisbach.com)

61 points by matt_d 1 month ago | 0 comments

Francis Bach blog post on the exploding variance of Monte Carlo estimates of log-sum-exp functions and using least-squares methods to address it.

342 points by jxmorris12 2 years ago | 36 comments

A tutorial blog post by Chenyang Yuan explaining diffusion models from scratch through a new theoretical perspective.