arXiv Computer Vision By Akshit Sharma, Prashant W. Patil

MemeTAG: Keyword-Driven Meme Classification through Tag Embedding Reconstruction

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MemeTAG introduces a dual‑objective framework for classifying harmful memes by combining keyword generation from a pretrained Vision‑Language Model with an Aggregated Tag Inference Network (ATIN) that condenses these keywords into a rich semantic embedding. The embedding is used as a target for an auxiliary reconstruction loss, encouraging deep alignment between visual and textual features. This approach, along with a three‑stage training strategy, achieves new state‑of‑the‑art results on the HarMeme, Hateful Memes Challenge, and PrideMM datasets.

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