"If Freon, Kaon, random spectra, or inverted spectra perform similarly, then the essential signal is not the prescribed spectrum, but the data-induced gradient subspace" => yes (and roughly on of my lead ongoing experiments on SYNTH).
deep Manifold (@BetaTomorrow)
Several optimizers utilizing specific geometric orthogonalization have been proposed, yielding measurable improvements. However, these orthogonalization-based methods often assume that the convergence direction for a given iteration is already known.
Because AI optimization is essentially an inverse problem, the fixed point is dynamic; while there is a perceived direction toward it, this trajectory often deviates significantly from the final objective. Consequently, while orthogonalization can be beneficial, over-reliance on it may lead to undesirable results.
In Deep Manifold, including its Dataualism doctrine, exact orthogonalization is a human-imposed geometric prior: useful, but not authoritative.
If Freon, Kaon, random spectra, or inverted spectra perform similarly, then the essential signal is not the prescribed spectrum, but the data-induced gradient subspace and boundary-conditioned iteration on the learned manifold.
From fixed-point theory, noise is perturbation, not merely error. Kaon’s random spectrum preserves gradient subspace orientation while perturbing movement strength along spectral directions.
Dataualism*
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— https://nitter.net/BetaTomorrow/status/2054640495280935217#m