//  [python]
def inject_latent(self, layer, inputs, target, action):
    """Inject a deterministic latent based on the target frame."""
    hparams = self.hparams
    final_filters = common_layers.shape_list(layer)[-1]
    filters = hparams.hidden_size
    kernel = (4, 4)
    layer_shape = common_layers.shape_list(layer)
    activation_fn = common_layers.belu
    if hparams.activation_fn == "relu":
      activation_fn = tf.nn.relu

    def add_bits(layer, bits):
      z_mul = tfl.dense(bits, final_filters, name="unbottleneck_mul")
      if not hparams.complex_addn:
        return layer + z_mul
      layer *= tf.nn.sigmoid(z_mul)
      z_add = tfl.dense(bits, final_filters, name="unbottleneck_add")
      layer += z_add
      return layer

    if not self.is_training:
      if hparams.full_latent_tower:
        rand = tf.random_uniform(layer_shape[:-1] + [hparams.bottleneck_bits])
        bits = 2.0 * tf.to_float(tf.less(0.5, rand)) - 1.0
      else:
        bits, _ = discretization.predict_bits_with_lstm(
            layer, hparams.latent_predictor_state_size, hparams.bottleneck_bits,
            temperature=hparams.latent_predictor_temperature)
        bits = tf.expand_dims(tf.expand_dims(bits, axis=1), axis=2)
      return add_bits(layer, bits), 0.0

    # Embed.
    frames = tf.concat(inputs + [target], axis=-1)
    x = tfl.dense(
        frames, filters, name="latent_embed",
        bias_initializer=tf.random_normal_initializer(stddev=0.01))
    x = common_attention.add_timing_signal_nd(x)

    # Add embedded action if present.
    if action is not None:
      x = common_video.inject_additional_input(
          x, action, "action_enc_latent", hparams.action_injection)

    if hparams.full_latent_tower:
      for i in range(hparams.num_compress_steps):
        with tf.variable_scope("latent_downstride%d" % i):
          x = common_layers.make_even_size(x)
          if i < hparams.filter_double_steps:
            filters *= 2
          x = common_attention.add_timing_signal_nd(x)
          x = tfl.conv2d(x, filters, kernel,
                         activation=activation_fn,
                         strides=(2, 2), padding="SAME")
          x = common_layers.layer_norm(x)
    else:
      x = common_layers.double_discriminator(x)
      x = tf.expand_dims(tf.expand_dims(x, axis=1), axis=1)

    bits, bits_clean = discretization.tanh_discrete_bottleneck(
        x, hparams.bottleneck_bits, hparams.bottleneck_noise,
        hparams.discretize_warmup_steps, hparams.mode)
    if not hparams.full_latent_tower:
      _, pred_loss = discretization.predict_bits_with_lstm(
          layer, hparams.latent_predictor_state_size, hparams.bottleneck_bits,
          target_bits=bits_clean)
      # Mix bits from latent with predicted bits on forward pass as a noise.
      if hparams.latent_rnn_max_sampling > 0.0:
        with tf.variable_scope(tf.get_variable_scope(), reuse=True):
          bits_pred, _ = discretization.predict_bits_with_lstm(
              layer, hparams.latent_predictor_state_size,
              hparams.bottleneck_bits,
              temperature=hparams.latent_predictor_temperature)
          bits_pred = tf.expand_dims(tf.expand_dims(bits_pred, axis=1), axis=2)
        # Be bits_pred on the forward pass but bits on the backward one.
        bits_pred = bits_clean + tf.stop_gradient(bits_pred - bits_clean)
        # Select which bits to take from pred sampling with bit_p probability.
        which_bit = tf.random_uniform(common_layers.shape_list(bits))
        bit_p = common_layers.inverse_lin_decay(hparams.latent_rnn_warmup_steps)
        bit_p *= hparams.latent_rnn_max_sampling
        bits = tf.where(which_bit < bit_p, bits_pred, bits)

    res = add_bits(layer, bits)
    # During training, sometimes skip the latent to help action-conditioning.
    res_p = common_layers.inverse_lin_decay(hparams.latent_rnn_warmup_steps / 2)
    res_p *= hparams.latent_use_max_probability
    res_rand = tf.random_uniform([layer_shape[0]])
    res = tf.where(res_rand < res_p, res, layer)
    return res, pred_loss