Numeric anchors embedded in images systematically bias VLM quality judgments more than severe visual degradation, with layer-wise probing showing that anchor-saturated layers are suboptimal for quality prediction.
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Don't Look at the Numbers: Visual Anchoring Bias and Layer-wise Representation in VLMs
Numeric anchors embedded in images systematically bias VLM quality judgments more than severe visual degradation, with layer-wise probing showing that anchor-saturated layers are suboptimal for quality prediction.