Empowering VLMs for Humorous Meme Generation
Paper#VLM, Meme Generation, Humor, Reinforcement Learning🔬 Research|Analyzed: Jan 3, 2026 09:21•
Published: Dec 31, 2025 01:35
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This paper introduces HUMOR, a framework designed to improve the ability of Vision-Language Models (VLMs) to generate humorous memes. It addresses the challenge of moving beyond simple image-to-caption generation by incorporating hierarchical reasoning (Chain-of-Thought) and aligning with human preferences through a reward model and reinforcement learning. The approach is novel in its multi-path CoT and group-wise preference learning, aiming for more diverse and higher-quality meme generation.
Key Takeaways
- •Proposes HUMOR, a framework for meme generation using VLMs.
- •Employs a hierarchical Chain-of-Thought for diverse reasoning.
- •Utilizes a pairwise reward model for capturing subjective humor and aligning with human preferences.
- •Demonstrates superior reasoning diversity, preference alignment, and meme quality in experiments.
- •Presents a general training paradigm for human-aligned multimodal generation.
Reference / Citation
View Original"HUMOR employs a hierarchical, multi-path Chain-of-Thought (CoT) to enhance reasoning diversity and a pairwise reward model for capturing subjective humor."