PLANNER: Generating Diversified Paragraph via Latent Language Diffusion Model

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2306.02531v3
• Date: Fri, 22 Mar 2024 23:36:57 GMT
• Title: PLANNER: Generating Diversified Paragraph via Latent Language Diffusion Model
• Authors: Yizhe Zhang, Jiatao Gu, Zhuofeng Wu, Shuangfei Zhai, Josh Susskind, Navdeep Jaitly,
• Abstract summary: We propose PLANNER, a model that combines latent semantic diffusion with autoregressive generation to generate fluent text. Results on semantic generation, text completion and summarization show its effectiveness in generating high-quality long-form text.
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• License: http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
• Abstract: Autoregressive models for text sometimes generate repetitive and low-quality output because errors accumulate during the steps of generation. This issue is often attributed to exposure bias - the difference between how a model is trained, and how it is used during inference. Denoising diffusion models provide an alternative approach in which a model can revisit and revise its output. However, they can be computationally expensive and prior efforts on text have led to models that produce less fluent output compared to autoregressive models, especially for longer text and paragraphs. In this paper, we propose PLANNER, a model that combines latent semantic diffusion with autoregressive generation, to generate fluent text while exercising global control over paragraphs. The model achieves this by combining an autoregressive "decoding" module with a "planning" module that uses latent diffusion to generate semantic paragraph embeddings in a coarse-to-fine manner. The proposed method is evaluated on various conditional generation tasks, and results on semantic generation, text completion and summarization show its effectiveness in generating high-quality long-form text in an efficient manner.

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