to my defense, if you look at the original paper https://arxiv.org/pdf/2303.01469.pdf https://arxiv.org/pdf/2303.01469.pdf the exact neural network used for t

to my defense, if you look at the original paper https://arxiv.org/pdf/2303.01469.pdf https://arxiv.org/pdf/2303.01469.pdf the exact neural network used for the prediction method is omitted. apparently many neural networks can be used for this prediction method as long as they fulfill certain requirements. > why was diffusion necessary in the past? in the paper, one way to train a consistency model is distilling an existing diffusion model. But it can be trained from scratch too. "why was it necessary in the past " doesn't bother me that much. Before people know to use molding to make candles, they did it by dipping threads into wax. Why was thread dipping necessary? it's just a stepping stone of technology development.