Its true that our brains take lots of shortcuts when processing visual information but they don't necessarily parallel the shortcuts VLMs take. Humans are often

Its true that our brains take lots of shortcuts when processing visual information but they don't necessarily parallel the shortcuts VLMs take. Humans are often very good at identifying anomalous instances of things they've seen thousands of times. No one has to tell you to look closely when you look at your partner in a mirror, you'll recognize it as 'off' immediately. Same for uncanny CGI of all types of things. If we were as sloppy as these models then VFX would be a hell of a lot easier. Ironically I think a lot of people in this thread are remembering things they learned about the faultiness of humans' visual memory and applying it to visual processing.