diff --git a/crates/ml-core/src/cuda_autograd/gpu_tensor.rs b/crates/ml-core/src/cuda_autograd/gpu_tensor.rs
index 34af82c82..1a208d374 100644
--- a/crates/ml-core/src/cuda_autograd/gpu_tensor.rs
+++ b/crates/ml-core/src/cuda_autograd/gpu_tensor.rs
@@ -34,19 +34,19 @@ fn raw_ptr_mut(slice: &mut CudaSlice<f32>, stream: &CudaStream) -> u64 {
 
 /// Helper trait for scalar values that can be converted to f32.
 pub trait ScalarValue {
-    fn as_f32(self) -> f32;
+    fn to_f32_scalar(self) -> f32;
 }
 
 impl ScalarValue for f32 {
-    fn as_f32(self) -> f32 { self }
+    fn to_f32_scalar(self) -> f32 { self }
 }
 
 impl ScalarValue for f64 {
-    fn as_f32(self) -> f32 { self as f32 }
+    fn to_f32_scalar(self) -> f32 { self as f32 }
 }
 
 impl ScalarValue for &[f32] {
-    fn as_f32(self) -> f32 { self.first().copied().unwrap_or(0.0) }
+    fn to_f32_scalar(self) -> f32 { self.first().copied().unwrap_or(0.0) }
 }
 
 /// A GPU-resident f32 tensor with shape information.