Stable Diffusion with Continuous-time Neural Networks

Stable diffusion models have ushered in a new era of advancements in image generation, currently reigning as the state-of-the-art approach, exhibiting unparalleled performance. The process of diffusion, accompanied by denoising through iterative convolutional or transformer network steps, stands at the core of their implementation. Neural networks operating in continuous time naturally embrace the concept of diffusion, this way they could enable more accurate and energy efficient implementation. Within the confines of this paper, my focus delves into an exploration and demonstration of the potential of celllular neural networks in image generation. I will demonstrate their superiority in performance, showcasing their adeptness in producing higher quality images and achieving quicker training times in comparison to their discrete-time counterparts on the commonly cited MNIST dataset.