Synthetic Data Boosts AI Understanding of Visual Concepts Without Forgetting

Researchers created a synthetic dataset of photorealistic images paired with detailed captions to help vision and language models learn concepts more effectively.
The synthetic data shows objects in diverse arrangements and scenarios to teach models about attributes and relationships.
Fine-tuning models on this data boosted concept understanding accuracy by up to 10% without forgetting previously learned knowledge.
Synthetic data provides advantages like cost, privacy, and ability to generate massive diverse datasets.
Researchers plan to improve visual quality of synthetic data and test how model performance scales with larger datasets.

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The future of AI chatbots is likely to involve less generic and more specialized models, as organizations focus on training data that is relevant to specific industries or areas, but the growing costs of gathering training data for large language models pose a challenge. One potential solution is the use of synthetic data, generated by AI, although this approach comes with its own set of problems such as accuracy and bias. As a result, the AI landscape may shift towards the development of many specific little language models tailored to specific purposes, utilizing feedback from experts within organizations to improve performance.

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Synthetic Data Boosts AI Understanding of Visual Concepts Without Forgetting

Researchers created a synthetic dataset of photorealistic images paired with detailed captions to help vision and language models learn concepts more effectively.
The synthetic data shows objects in diverse arrangements and scenarios to teach models about attributes and relationships.
Fine-tuning models on this data boosted concept understanding accuracy by up to 10% without forgetting previously learned knowledge.
Synthetic data provides advantages like cost, privacy, and ability to generate massive diverse datasets.
Researchers plan to improve visual quality of synthetic data and test how model performance scales with larger datasets.

mit.edu

Relevant topic timeline:

8/19/2023

This Quiz Will Give You A Goodnight Text From Your Celebrity Crush

8/22/2023

Together AI Unveils Llama-2-7B-32K-Instruct: A Breakthrough in Extended-Context Language Processing

8/25/2023

China leaps forward in the A.I. arms race as Alibaba releases a new chatbot that can ‘read’ images

8/27/2023

AI model can respond appropriately to ophthalmology questions

A study found that a large language model (LLM) like ChatGPT can generate appropriate responses to patient-written ophthalmology questions, showing the potential of AI in the field.

8/30/2023

Google’s new AI-powered search results are ripping off news sites

9/1/2023

AI generates video game levels and characters from text prompts

### Summary A simple generative AI model that uses small datasets can quickly create video game maps, character models, and emojis based on one-sentence prompts.

9/1/2023

How Google, UCLA are prompting AI to choose the next action for a better answer

9/20/2023

AI Chatbots Becoming More Specialized and Focused as Data Quality Trumps Quantity