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MLLM-CL: Continual Learning for Multimodal Large Language Models

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  • Haebom

Author

Hongbo Zhao, Fei Zhu, Haiyang Guo, Meng Wang, Rundong Wang, Gaofeng Meng, Zhaoxiang Zhang

Outline

This paper highlights that multimodal large-scale language models (MLLMs), which excel at visual-language understanding, struggle to adapt to dynamic real-world environments that require the continuous integration of new knowledge and skills. To address this challenge, we present MLLM-CL, a new benchmark that incorporates domain- and skill-continuous learning. MLLM-CL addresses domain-continuous learning, which performs independent and identically distributed (IID) evaluations across evolving mainstream domains, and skill-continuous learning, which includes non-IID scenarios to evaluate new model capabilities. Furthermore, we propose a method to prevent detrimental interference through parameter isolation and an MLLM-based routing mechanism. Experimental results demonstrate that the proposed method significantly outperforms existing methods and integrates domain-specific knowledge and functional skills with minimal forgetting.

Takeaways, Limitations

Takeaways:
A new benchmark (MLLM-CL) to assess MLLM's continuous learning capabilities is presented.
Development of a new assessment methodology for domain and competency continuous learning.
A strategy to prevent critical interference using parameter isolation and MLLM-based routing mechanisms is presented.
Demonstrated superior performance compared to existing methods
Limitations:
Absence of reference to __T144654_____ for specific benchmarks and methodologies
Lack of specific suggestions for future research directions
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