Does Gradient Conflict Predict the Understanding--Generation Trade-off? A Controlled Audit of Conflict-Metric Validity in Unified Multimodal Models
arXiv:2609.38465v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Unified multimodal models (UMMs) are increasingly designed around gradient conflict between understanding and generation objectives. The premise that reducing these metrics improves the downstream understanding-generation trade-off has never been test…
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Does Gradient Conflict Predict the Understanding--Generation Trade-off? A Controlled Audit of Conflict-Metric Validity in Unified Multimodal Models