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Poster

BayesDiff: Estimating Pixel-wise Uncertainty in Diffusion via Bayesian Inference

Siqi Kou · Lei Gan · Dequan Wang · Chongxuan Li · Zhijie Deng

Halle B #51
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Fri 10 May 1:45 a.m. PDT — 3:45 a.m. PDT

Abstract:

Diffusion models have impressive image generation capability, but low-quality generations still exist, and their identification remains challenging due to the lack of a proper sample-wise metric. To address this, we propose BayesDiff, a pixel-wise uncertainty estimator for generations from diffusion models based on Bayesian inference. In particular, we derive a novel uncertainty iteration principle to characterize the uncertainty dynamics in diffusion, and leverage the last-layer Laplace approximation for efficient Bayesian inference. The estimated pixel-wise uncertainty can not only be aggregated into a sample-wise metric to filter out low-fidelity images but also aids in augmenting successful generations and rectifying artifacts in failed generations in text-to-image tasks. Extensive experiments demonstrate the efficacy of BayesDiff and its promise for practical applications.

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