COIN: Counterfactual Image Generation for VQA Interpretation

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2201.03342v1
• Date: Mon, 10 Jan 2022 13:51:35 GMT
• Title: COIN: Counterfactual Image Generation for VQA Interpretation
• Authors: Zeyd Boukhers, Timo Hartmann, Jan J\"urjens
• Abstract summary: We introduce an interpretability approach for VQA models by generating counterfactual images. In addition to interpreting the result of VQA models on single images, the obtained results and the discussion provides an extensive explanation of VQA models' behaviour.
• Score: 5.994412766684842
• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
• Abstract: Due to the significant advancement of Natural Language Processing and Computer Vision-based models, Visual Question Answering (VQA) systems are becoming more intelligent and advanced. However, they are still error-prone when dealing with relatively complex questions. Therefore, it is important to understand the behaviour of the VQA models before adopting their results. In this paper, we introduce an interpretability approach for VQA models by generating counterfactual images. Specifically, the generated image is supposed to have the minimal possible change to the original image and leads the VQA model to give a different answer. In addition, our approach ensures that the generated image is realistic. Since quantitative metrics cannot be employed to evaluate the interpretability of the model, we carried out a user study to assess different aspects of our approach. In addition to interpreting the result of VQA models on single images, the obtained results and the discussion provides an extensive explanation of VQA models' behaviour.

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