From Bias to Balance: Detecting Facial Expression Recognition Biases in Large Multimodal Foundation Models

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Hauptverfasser: Chhua, Kaylee, Wen, Zhoujinyi, Hathalia, Vedant, Zhu, Kevin, O'Brien, Sean
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author Chhua, Kaylee
Wen, Zhoujinyi
Hathalia, Vedant
Zhu, Kevin
O'Brien, Sean
author_facet Chhua, Kaylee
Wen, Zhoujinyi
Hathalia, Vedant
Zhu, Kevin
O'Brien, Sean
contents This study addresses the racial biases in facial expression recognition (FER) systems within Large Multimodal Foundation Models (LMFMs). Despite advances in deep learning and the availability of diverse datasets, FER systems often exhibit higher error rates for individuals with darker skin tones. Existing research predominantly focuses on traditional FER models (CNNs, RNNs, ViTs), leaving a gap in understanding racial biases in LMFMs. We benchmark four leading LMFMs: GPT-4o, PaliGemma, Gemini, and CLIP to assess their performance in facial emotion detection across different racial demographics. A linear classifier trained on CLIP embeddings obtains accuracies of 95.9\% for RADIATE, 90.3\% for Tarr, and 99.5\% for Chicago Face. Furthermore, we identify that Anger is misclassified as Disgust 2.1 times more often in Black Females than White Females. This study highlights the need for fairer FER systems and establishes a foundation for developing unbiased, accurate FER technologies. Visit https://kvjvhub.github.io/FERRacialBias/ for further information regarding the biases within facial expression recognition.
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spellingShingle From Bias to Balance: Detecting Facial Expression Recognition Biases in Large Multimodal Foundation Models
Chhua, Kaylee
Wen, Zhoujinyi
Hathalia, Vedant
Zhu, Kevin
O'Brien, Sean
Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
Machine Learning
This study addresses the racial biases in facial expression recognition (FER) systems within Large Multimodal Foundation Models (LMFMs). Despite advances in deep learning and the availability of diverse datasets, FER systems often exhibit higher error rates for individuals with darker skin tones. Existing research predominantly focuses on traditional FER models (CNNs, RNNs, ViTs), leaving a gap in understanding racial biases in LMFMs. We benchmark four leading LMFMs: GPT-4o, PaliGemma, Gemini, and CLIP to assess their performance in facial emotion detection across different racial demographics. A linear classifier trained on CLIP embeddings obtains accuracies of 95.9\% for RADIATE, 90.3\% for Tarr, and 99.5\% for Chicago Face. Furthermore, we identify that Anger is misclassified as Disgust 2.1 times more often in Black Females than White Females. This study highlights the need for fairer FER systems and establishes a foundation for developing unbiased, accurate FER technologies. Visit https://kvjvhub.github.io/FERRacialBias/ for further information regarding the biases within facial expression recognition.
title From Bias to Balance: Detecting Facial Expression Recognition Biases in Large Multimodal Foundation Models
topic Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
Machine Learning
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2408.14842