Summary of Designqa: a Multimodal Benchmark For Evaluating Large Language Models’ Understanding Of Engineering Documentation, by Anna C. Doris et al.
DesignQA: A Multimodal Benchmark for Evaluating Large Language Models’ Understanding of Engineering Documentation
by Anna C. Doris, Daniele Grandi, Ryan Tomich, Md Ferdous Alam, Mohammadmehdi Ataei, Hyunmin Cheong, Faez Ahmed
First submitted to arxiv on: 11 Apr 2024
Categories
- Main: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI)
- Secondary: Computation and Language (cs.CL)
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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 introduces DesignQA, a benchmark for evaluating the proficiency of multimodal large language models (MLLMs) in comprehending and applying engineering requirements. The benchmark combines textual design requirements, CAD images, and engineering drawings from the Formula SAE student competition to simulate real-world engineering challenges. Unlike existing benchmarks, DesignQA includes document-grounded visual questions where input comes from different sources. Automatic evaluation metrics are used to assess state-of-the-art models such as GPT-4o, GPT-4, Claude-Opus, Gemini-1.0, and LLaVA-1.5 against the benchmark. The study reveals existing gaps in MLLMs’ abilities to interpret complex engineering documentation, highlighting the need for multimodal models that can handle multifaceted questions. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary DesignQA is a new way to test how well artificial intelligence (AI) models understand technical information. This kind of understanding is important because it could help humans design and build things more efficiently. The AI models tested were not very good at understanding some kinds of technical information, like recognizing parts in computer-aided design (CAD) images. This shows that we need to make better AI models that can handle these kinds of challenges. |
Keywords
» Artificial intelligence » Claude » Gemini » Gpt
