A connection between generative adversarial networks, inverse reinforcement learning, and energy-based models

The Little Book of Generative AI Foundations: An Intuitive Mathematical Primer

arXiv:2605.29713v2 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: This book provides a compact, derivation-oriented introduction to the mathematical foundations of modern generative artificial intelligence....

Bridging Control, Inference, Transport, and Thermodynamics: From Theory to Applications in Learning

The review explores how control theory, optimal transport, probabilistic inference, non‑equilibrium thermodynamics, and machine learning are interconnected through the optimization of free‑energy‑like functionals under dynamical or statistical constraints. It presents a conceptual thread linking these five fields and illustrates the ideas with applications in reinforcement learning, variational inference, and generative modeling. The article is written for readers without prior familiarity, beginning with physics principles.

Implicit generation and generalization methods for energy-based models

We’ve made progress towards stable and scalable training of energy-based models (EBMs) resulting in better sample quality and generalization ability than existing models. Generation in EBMs spends more compute to continually refine its answers and doing so can generate samples competitive with GANs at low temperatures, while also having mode coverage guarantees of likelihood-based models.

Q-based Variational Inverse Reinforcement Learning

arXiv:2608. 16888v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: The development of safe and beneficial AI requires that systems can learn and act in accordance with human preferences.

Human-Machine Collaboration on Generative Meta-Learning: Model and Algorithm

arXiv:2607. 00926v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Generalizing machine learning models to environments that differ from their training distribution remains a critical hurdle, particularly when data from the target domain is entirely or partially unavailable.

Transfer from simulation to real world through learning deep inverse dynamics model