A Closer Look at the Robustness of Contrastive Language-Image Pre-Training (CLIP)

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2402.07410v1
• Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2024 05:05:55 GMT
• Title: A Closer Look at the Robustness of Contrastive Language-Image Pre-Training (CLIP)
• Authors: Weijie Tu, Weijian Deng, Tom Gedeon
• Abstract summary: This study investigates the safety objectives of Contrastive Language-Image Pre-training (CLIP) models. It focuses on three key properties: resilience to visual factor variations, calibrated uncertainty estimations, and the ability to detect anomalous inputs. We consider 10 visual factors (e.g., shape and pattern), 5 types of out-of-distribution data, and 8 natural and challenging test conditions with different shift types.
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• Abstract: Contrastive Language-Image Pre-training (CLIP) models have demonstrated remarkable generalization capabilities across multiple challenging distribution shifts. However, there is still much to be explored in terms of their robustness to the variations of specific visual factors. In real-world applications, reliable and safe systems must consider other safety objectives beyond classification accuracy, such as predictive uncertainty. Yet, the effectiveness of CLIP models on such safety-related features is less-explored. Driven by the above, this work comprehensively investigates the safety objectives of CLIP models, specifically focusing on three key properties: resilience to visual factor variations, calibrated uncertainty estimations, and the ability to detect anomalous inputs. To this end, we study 83 CLIP models and 127 ImageNet classifiers. They are diverse in architecture, (pre)training distribution and training strategies. We consider 10 visual factors (e.g., shape and pattern), 5 types of out-of-distribution data, and 8 natural and challenging test conditions with different shift types, such as texture, style, and perturbation shifts. Our study has unveiled several previously unknown insights into CLIP models. For instance, they are not consistently more calibrated than other ImageNet models, which contradicts existing findings. Additionally, our analysis underscores the significance of training source design by showcasing its profound influence on the three safety-related properties. We believe our comprehensive study can shed light on and help guide the development of more robust and reliable CLIP models.

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