Summary of T-hitl Effectively Addresses Problematic Associations in Image Generation and Maintains Overall Visual Quality, by Susan Epstein et al.
T-HITL Effectively Addresses Problematic Associations in Image Generation and Maintains Overall Visual Quality
by Susan Epstein, Li Chen, Alessandro Vecchiato, Ankit Jain
First submitted to arxiv on: 27 Feb 2024
Categories
- Main: Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (cs.CV)
- Secondary: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI)
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| High | Paper authors | High Difficulty Summary Read the original abstract here |
| Medium | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Medium Difficulty Summary The paper proposes a new methodology to address problematic representations of people in generative AI image models. These models have the potential to perpetuate real-world discrimination and harms by generating biased images. The authors develop a taxonomy to study these associations and explore fine-tuning as a method to reduce them. However, they note that traditional fine-tuning may compromise visual quality. To address this limitation, they introduce “twice-human-in-the-loop” (T-HITL), which promises to reduce problematic associations while maintaining visual quality. The authors demonstrate the effectiveness of T-HITL by showing three examples of problematic associations addressed at the model level. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary The paper is about making sure that AI image models don’t create unfair and hurtful images of people. Right now, these models can perpetuate real-world discrimination and harm. The researchers created a system to study these problems and found that fine-tuning the models might help, but it could also make the images look worse. To fix this, they came up with a new way called “twice-human-in-the-loop” (T-HITL) that can reduce unfair associations while keeping the image quality good. |
Keywords
» Artificial intelligence » Fine tuning
