Shikra: Multimodal AI That Talks and Points Into Pictures
Shikra is an AI that looks at photos and can answer about the exact spot you point to.
It uses plain language to say where things are, and it can return simple spatial coordinates when you ask.
The design mixes a vision encoder and a language model so it acts like a friend who can both see and explain, and it's built without extra plug‑ins or odd add-ons.
This lets Shikra handle normal image tasks like captions and Q&A, and the trickier skill of referential dialogue where people refer to regions in a scene.
The team kept things small and clear, so it can also compare two pointed areas or give coordinates in a chain of thought, which feels surprisingly natural.
Some sentences here might read a bit off, and that's ok, the core idea is simple: a multimodal model that points and talks in plain words.
It opens new ways to chat about pictures, and makes image talk feel helpful, not confusing.
Read article comprehensive review in Paperium.net:
Shikra: Unleashing Multimodal LLM's Referential Dialogue Magic
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