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Diffusion Lens: Interpreting Text Encoders in Text-to-Image Pipelines (2403.05846v2)

Published 9 Mar 2024 in cs.CV and cs.CL

Abstract: Text-to-image diffusion models (T2I) use a latent representation of a text prompt to guide the image generation process. However, the process by which the encoder produces the text representation is unknown. We propose the Diffusion Lens, a method for analyzing the text encoder of T2I models by generating images from its intermediate representations. Using the Diffusion Lens, we perform an extensive analysis of two recent T2I models. Exploring compound prompts, we find that complex scenes describing multiple objects are composed progressively and more slowly compared to simple scenes; Exploring knowledge retrieval, we find that representation of uncommon concepts requires further computation compared to common concepts, and that knowledge retrieval is gradual across layers. Overall, our findings provide valuable insights into the text encoder component in T2I pipelines.

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Authors (5)
  1. Michael Toker (7 papers)
  2. Hadas Orgad (12 papers)
  3. Mor Ventura (5 papers)
  4. Dana Arad (5 papers)
  5. Yonatan Belinkov (111 papers)
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Summary

An Overview of "Diffusion Lens: Interpreting Text Encoders in Text-to-Image Pipelines"

The paper "Diffusion Lens: Interpreting Text Encoders in Text-to-Image Pipelines" introduces a novel methodology for analyzing text-to-image (T2I) diffusion models. These models generally consist of two main components: the text encoder, which converts text prompts into latent representations, and the diffusion model, which generates images based on these representations. The specific focus of this paper is on demystifying the processes within the text encoder, a component whose internal mechanisms have remained obscure despite its significant role in image quality and text-image alignment.

Methodology: The Diffusion Lens

The authors propose the "Diffusion Lens", a method that utilizes intermediate representations from within the text encoder to guide the diffusion process, thereby producing interpretable images. This approach enables a granular analysis of how text encoders process and build representations across various layers.

Key Findings and Implications

Conceptual Combination

The investigation into conceptual combinations reveals that complex scenes are represented progressively and require more computation than simpler scenes. It was observed that representations of complex prompts, such as those describing multiple objects, are gradually constructed across multiple layers. A significant insight is that early layers act more like a "bag of concepts" where individual concepts are present, but their relationships are not clearly defined until later layers.

Knowledge Retrieval

Another significant finding relates to knowledge retrieval, particularly distinguishing between common and uncommon concepts. The paper shows that uncommon concepts require additional computation and emerge gradually across layers, different from common concepts which appear in earlier layers. This gradual retrieval and hierarchical refinement of knowledge suggest a distributed representation of information, contrasting with previously held views of localized knowledge encoding.

Comparative Analysis of Models

The paper details experiments on two T2I models: Stable Diffusion and Deep Floyd. Notable distinctions between these models were observed, particularly in how they handle syntactic dependencies and knowledge retrieval, which may be influenced by differences in architecture, pretraining objectives, or data.

Implications and Future Directions

The Diffusion Lens serves as an innovative tool for interpreting the text encoder's intermediate states, offering insights applicable to enhancing model transparency and understanding computation processes in T2I models. Future research could explore broader applications of this methodology to improve model efficiency and potentially refine model editing techniques to address areas like hallucinations and incorrect factual representations.

The paper's contributions underline the importance of methodologically unpacking the complexities of intermediate representations in multimodal models, advocating for enhanced interpretability that could inform the design of more robust AI systems in the future.

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