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2026-08-22
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Generative Models
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FREE
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10 min read
The Rise and Fall of GANs — An Invention Trained by Rivalry, and Why Diffusion Won
In 2014, GANs upended image generation with one idea: don't write down what 'realistic' means — learn it. This traces the decade that followed, through mode collapse, the Wasserstein rescue, and the reasons diffusion models eventually took the crown.