When should you use a Vision Language Model instead of a traditional CNN?
CNNs answer structured questions — is there a defect? Where's the pedestrian? VLMs answer open-ended questions using language. Both have their place.
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— Satya Mallick (@LearnOpenCV) 7 avril 2026

When should you use a Vision Language Model instead of a traditional CNN? CNNs answer structured questions — is there a defect? Where's the pedestrian? VLMs answer open-ended questions using language. Both have their place. If your task is well-defined and repeatable, CNNs still win on speed, cost, and deployment simplicity.

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