Which generative model uses a 'reparameterization trick' to allow backpropagation through a stochastic latent variable?
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Variational Autoencoder
Variational Autoencoders (VAEs) use this trick to separate the deterministic and stochastic parts of the latent variable. By expressing the latent sample as a deterministic function of the parameters and an independent noise variable, the gradient can flow back to the encoder.