Summary of An Empirical Study Into What Matters For Calibrating Vision-language Models, by Weijie Tu et al.
An Empirical Study Into What Matters for Calibrating Vision-Language Models
by Weijie Tu, Weijian Deng, Dylan Campbell, Stephen Gould, Tom Gedeon
First submitted to arxiv on: 12 Feb 2024
Categories
- Main: Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (cs.CV)
- Secondary: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
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| High | Paper authors | High Difficulty Summary Read the original abstract here |
| Medium | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Medium Difficulty Summary This paper explores the calibration properties of Vision-Language Models (VLMs) in recognizing diverse scenarios with significant distribution changes. The study focuses on uncertainty estimation capabilities, a crucial aspect in risk-sensitive areas where incorrect predictions can have severe consequences. Researchers analyzed various architectures, datasets, and training strategies to understand how VLMs perform when calibrated in one domain and tested in another. They found that temperature scaling significantly improves calibration even across shifts in distribution and changes in label sets. Moreover, the models can be calibrated with a small set of examples. The findings highlight the importance of understanding VLM uncertainty estimation for reliable use in critical scenarios like autonomous vehicles or medical diagnosis. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary Imagine a computer program that can recognize things just by looking at pictures or videos. These programs are called Vision-Language Models (VLMs). They’re really good, but they’re not perfect. Sometimes they make mistakes when things look different from what they’ve seen before. This paper is about how VLMs can be improved to reduce these mistakes. The researchers tested many different ways of improving the models and found that one method, called temperature scaling, works well across different situations. They also discovered that the models can learn to improve themselves even with just a few examples. This means we can use VLMs more reliably in important areas like self-driving cars or medical diagnosis. |
Keywords
* Artificial intelligence * Temperature
