VersusDebias: Universal Zero-Shot Debiasing for Text-to-Image Models via SLM-Based Prompt Engineering and Generative Adversary

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Main Authors: Luo, Hanjun, Deng, Ziye, Huang, Haoyu, Liu, Xuecheng, Chen, Ruizhe, Liu, Zuozhu
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author Luo, Hanjun
Deng, Ziye
Huang, Haoyu
Liu, Xuecheng
Chen, Ruizhe
Liu, Zuozhu
author_facet Luo, Hanjun
Deng, Ziye
Huang, Haoyu
Liu, Xuecheng
Chen, Ruizhe
Liu, Zuozhu
contents With the rapid development of Text-to-Image (T2I) models, biases in human image generation against demographic social groups become a significant concern, impacting fairness and ethical standards in AI. Some researchers propose their methods to tackle with the issue. However, existing methods are designed for specific models with fixed prompts, limiting their adaptability to the fast-evolving models and diverse practical scenarios. Moreover, they neglect the impact of hallucinations, leading to discrepancies between expected and actual results. To address these issues, we introduce VersusDebias, a novel and universal debiasing framework for biases in arbitrary T2I models, consisting of an array generation (AG) module and an image generation (IG) module. The self-adaptive AG module generates specialized attribute arrays to post-process hallucinations and debias multiple attributes simultaneously. The IG module employs a small language model to modify prompts according to the arrays and drives the T2I model to generate debiased images, enabling zero-shot debiasing. Extensive experiments demonstrate VersusDebias's capability to debias any models across gender, race, and age simultaneously. In both zero-shot and few-shot scenarios, VersusDebias outperforms existing methods, showcasing its exceptional utility. Our work is accessible at https://github.com/VersusDebias/VersusDebias to ensure reproducibility and facilitate further research.
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spellingShingle VersusDebias: Universal Zero-Shot Debiasing for Text-to-Image Models via SLM-Based Prompt Engineering and Generative Adversary
Luo, Hanjun
Deng, Ziye
Huang, Haoyu
Liu, Xuecheng
Chen, Ruizhe
Liu, Zuozhu
Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
Artificial Intelligence
With the rapid development of Text-to-Image (T2I) models, biases in human image generation against demographic social groups become a significant concern, impacting fairness and ethical standards in AI. Some researchers propose their methods to tackle with the issue. However, existing methods are designed for specific models with fixed prompts, limiting their adaptability to the fast-evolving models and diverse practical scenarios. Moreover, they neglect the impact of hallucinations, leading to discrepancies between expected and actual results. To address these issues, we introduce VersusDebias, a novel and universal debiasing framework for biases in arbitrary T2I models, consisting of an array generation (AG) module and an image generation (IG) module. The self-adaptive AG module generates specialized attribute arrays to post-process hallucinations and debias multiple attributes simultaneously. The IG module employs a small language model to modify prompts according to the arrays and drives the T2I model to generate debiased images, enabling zero-shot debiasing. Extensive experiments demonstrate VersusDebias's capability to debias any models across gender, race, and age simultaneously. In both zero-shot and few-shot scenarios, VersusDebias outperforms existing methods, showcasing its exceptional utility. Our work is accessible at https://github.com/VersusDebias/VersusDebias to ensure reproducibility and facilitate further research.
title VersusDebias: Universal Zero-Shot Debiasing for Text-to-Image Models via SLM-Based Prompt Engineering and Generative Adversary
topic Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
Artificial Intelligence
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2407.19524