Selective Vision is the Challenge for Visual Reasoning: A Benchmark for Visual Argument Understanding

arXiv:2406.18925v1 Announce Type: new
Abstract: Visual arguments, often used in advertising or social causes, rely on images to persuade viewers to do or believe something. Understanding these arguments requires selective vision: only specific visual stimuli within an image are relevant to the argument, and relevance can only be understood within the context of a broader argumentative structure. While visual arguments are readily appreciated by human audiences, we ask: are today's AI capable of similar understanding?
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