Instruction: Explain the fusion concept and distinguish between early and late fusion strategies.
Context: Aims to test the candidate's knowledge on how data from different modalities are combined in Multimodal AI systems, and their ability to choose the appropriate fusion technique based on the project needs.
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The way I'd think about it is this: Fusion is the process of combining information from different modalities so the model can make a joint prediction or representation. The main question is when and how the system should combine signals.
Common fusion types are early...