The Prism Hypothesis: Harmonizing Semantic and Pixel Representations via Unified Autoencoding

ArXi:2512.19693v3 Announce Type: replace Deep representations across modalities are inherently intertwined. In this paper, we systematically analyze the spectral characteristics of various semantic and pixel encoders. Interestingly, our study uncovers a highly inspiring and rarely explored correspondence between an encoder's feature spectrum and its functional role: semantic encoders primarily capture low-frequency components that encode abstract meaning, whereas pixel encoders. additionally. retain high-frequency information that conveys fine-grained detail.