A Frequentist Statistical Introduction to Variational Inference, Autoencoders, and Diffusion Models · HackerPapers discussionshttps://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/2510.18777/Collected HN comments and submissions linking this paper.enMon, 02 Nov 2026 11:16:22 GMTA Frequentist Statistical Introduction to Variational Inference, Autoencoders, and Diffusion Models — mentioned by jmalickihttps://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47474186urn:hackerpapers:mention:2510.18777:47474186Sun, 22 Mar 2026 03:27:58 GMT<p>They do! https://arxiv.org/pdf/2510.18777 But that doesn&#x27;t mean a frequentist views a VAE as a generative model! Putting it another way, Gaussian processes originated as a frequentist technique! But to a frequentist they are not generative.</p><p><a href="https://hackerpaper.kaipfister.de/p/2510.18777/">Paper and discussion history</a>. A mention is not an endorsement.</p>stat.ML