Rethinking Training for De-biasing Text-to-Image Generation: Unlocking the Potential of Stable Diffusion

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Autori principali: Kim, Eunji, Kim, Siwon, Park, Minjun, Entezari, Rahim, Yoon, Sungroh
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author Kim, Eunji
Kim, Siwon
Park, Minjun
Entezari, Rahim
Yoon, Sungroh
author_facet Kim, Eunji
Kim, Siwon
Park, Minjun
Entezari, Rahim
Yoon, Sungroh
contents Recent advancements in text-to-image models, such as Stable Diffusion, show significant demographic biases. Existing de-biasing techniques rely heavily on additional training, which imposes high computational costs and risks of compromising core image generation functionality. This hinders them from being widely adopted to real-world applications. In this paper, we explore Stable Diffusion's overlooked potential to reduce bias without requiring additional training. Through our analysis, we uncover that initial noises associated with minority attributes form "minority regions" rather than scattered. We view these "minority regions" as opportunities in SD to reduce bias. To unlock the potential, we propose a novel de-biasing method called 'weak guidance,' carefully designed to guide a random noise to the minority regions without compromising semantic integrity. Through analysis and experiments on various versions of SD, we demonstrate that our proposed approach effectively reduces bias without additional training, achieving both efficiency and preservation of core image generation functionality.
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spellingShingle Rethinking Training for De-biasing Text-to-Image Generation: Unlocking the Potential of Stable Diffusion
Kim, Eunji
Kim, Siwon
Park, Minjun
Entezari, Rahim
Yoon, Sungroh
Artificial Intelligence
Recent advancements in text-to-image models, such as Stable Diffusion, show significant demographic biases. Existing de-biasing techniques rely heavily on additional training, which imposes high computational costs and risks of compromising core image generation functionality. This hinders them from being widely adopted to real-world applications. In this paper, we explore Stable Diffusion's overlooked potential to reduce bias without requiring additional training. Through our analysis, we uncover that initial noises associated with minority attributes form "minority regions" rather than scattered. We view these "minority regions" as opportunities in SD to reduce bias. To unlock the potential, we propose a novel de-biasing method called 'weak guidance,' carefully designed to guide a random noise to the minority regions without compromising semantic integrity. Through analysis and experiments on various versions of SD, we demonstrate that our proposed approach effectively reduces bias without additional training, achieving both efficiency and preservation of core image generation functionality.
title Rethinking Training for De-biasing Text-to-Image Generation: Unlocking the Potential of Stable Diffusion
topic Artificial Intelligence
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2408.12692