Summary of More Is Less? a Simulation-based Approach to Dynamic Interactions Between Biases in Multimodal Models, by Mounia Drissi
More is Less? A Simulation-Based Approach to Dynamic Interactions between Biases in Multimodal Models
by Mounia Drissi
First submitted to arxiv on: 23 Dec 2024
Categories
- Main: Machine Learning (stat.ML)
- Secondary: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
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| Medium | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Medium Difficulty Summary The paper proposes a systemic framework for analyzing dynamic multimodal bias interactions in machine learning models that combine text and image modalities. The study uses the MMBias dataset, which includes categories prone to bias such as religion, nationality, and sexual orientation. The authors adopt a simulation-based heuristic approach to compute bias scores for text-only, image-only, and multimodal embeddings. The framework classifies bias interactions as amplification (multimodal bias exceeds both unimodal biases), mitigation (multimodal bias is lower than both), or neutrality (multimodal bias lies between unimodal biases). The results show that amplification occurs when text and image biases are comparable, while mitigation arises under the dominance of text bias. Neutral interactions occur when there is a higher text bias without divergence. Conditional probabilities highlight the text’s dominance in mitigation cases and mixed contributions in neutral and amplification cases. The study encourages the use of this framework to analyze multimodal bias interactions, providing insight into how intermodal biases dynamically interact. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary This paper talks about making sure machine learning models that combine words and pictures are fair and don’t show bias towards certain groups. Right now, these models can inherit biases from the single words or images they use. The researchers created a new way to analyze how these biases work together and found some interesting patterns. They used a special dataset with categories like religion, nationality, and sexual orientation that might be biased. They discovered that when text and image biases are similar, the model’s bias is amplified. When text bias is stronger, the model’s bias is reduced. And sometimes, the model’s bias stays neutral. This study can help us create more fair AI models by understanding how these biases interact with each other. |
Keywords
» Artificial intelligence » Machine learning
