Summary of Understanding Graphical Perception in Data Visualization Through Zero-shot Prompting Of Vision-language Models, by Grace Guo et al.
Understanding Graphical Perception in Data Visualization through Zero-shot Prompting of Vision-Language Models
by Grace Guo, Jenna Jiayi Kang, Raj Sanjay Shah, Hanspeter Pfister, Sashank Varma
First submitted to arxiv on: 31 Oct 2024
Categories
- Main: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI)
- Secondary: Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (cs.CV)
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| High | Paper authors | High Difficulty Summary Read the original abstract here |
| Medium | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Medium Difficulty Summary Vision Language Models (VLMs) excel at comprehending charts by attending to both images and textual descriptions. However, it is unclear how VLM performance profiles compare to human-like behaviors. If VLMs can demonstrate chart comprehension abilities similar to humans, they can be applied to tasks such as designing visualizations for readers. This paper evaluates the accuracy of zero-shot prompting VLMs on graphical perception tasks with established human performance profiles. The findings reveal that VLMs perform similarly to humans under specific task and style combinations, suggesting their potential for modeling human performance. Additionally, variations in input stimuli show that VLM accuracy is sensitive to stylistic changes such as fill color and chart contiguity. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary This paper talks about how well computers can understand charts with words attached. Currently, computers are good at this task, but we don’t know if they’re doing it the same way humans do. If computers can do it like humans, they could help design and evaluate visualizations for people to read. The researchers tested these computer models on simple tasks that require understanding charts. They found that computers perform similarly to humans in certain situations. However, they also discovered that the computers’ performance is affected by small changes in how the chart looks. |
Keywords
» Artificial intelligence » Prompting » Zero shot
