How a simple CLIP trick makes image captions better, fast
Imagine your photos getting short, useful descriptions without long waits.
This approach uses a vision encoder called CLIP as a prefix to steer a language model, so captions become more aware of what’s in the picture.
The idea is shockingly simple: map visual signals into a form the text model understands, then let it write.
Training is quick because most of the big parts stay unchanged, only a small mapper learns — that makes the system fast and surprisingly lightweight.
It works on lots of photo types and makes clear, natural captions with little extra data.
You don’t need huge extra tuning or fancy datasets, and results match many heavier systems while using much less time and compute.
Try it and you’ll see images described more clearly, with less fuss.
It feels like teaching a writer one small trick, then watching them caption thousands of pictures, without burning weeks on training.
Read article comprehensive review in Paperium.net:
ClipCap: CLIP Prefix for Image Captioning
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