The intro to the paper has a nice comparison to other similar methods (generative and non-generative) and the blog post linked in this article by inFERNCe https

The intro to the paper has a nice comparison to other similar methods (generative and non-generative) and the blog post linked in this article by inFERNCe https://www.inference.vc/unsupervised-learning-by-predicting-noise-an-information-maximization-view-2 https://www.inference.vc/unsupervised-learning-by-predicting... has a nice comparison at the end to different unsupervised methods and where this method adds novelty (or doesn't!)