def q_sample(self, x_start, t, noise=None):
        """
        Diffuse the data for a given number of diffusion steps.
        In other words, sample from q(x_t | x_0).
        :param x_start: the initial data batch.
        :param t: the number of diffusion steps (minus 1). Here, 0 means one step.
        :param noise: if specified, the split-out normal noise.
        :return: A noisy version of x_start.
        """
        if noise is None:
            noise = th.randn_like(x_start)
        assert noise.shape == x_start.shape
        return (
            _extract_into_tensor(self.sqrt_alphas_cumprod, t, x_start.shape) * x_start
            + _extract_into_tensor(self.sqrt_one_minus_alphas_cumprod, t, x_start.shape)
            * noise
        )

        Diffuse the data for a given number of diffusion steps.
        In other words, sample from q(x_t | x_0).
        :param x_start: the initial data batch.
        :param t: the number of diffusion steps (minus 1). Here, 0 means one step.
        :param noise: if specified, the split-out normal noise.
        :return: A noisy version of x_start.
        
ldm/modules/karlo/kakao/modules/diffusion/gaussian_diffusion.py