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Viewpoint: The Future of Human-Centric Explainable Artificial Intelligence is not Post-Hoc Explanations
This article challenges the reliance on post-hoc explanations in human-centric AI, arguing for a shift towards intrinsically interpretable deep learning. It outlines five key needs for human-centric XAI: real-time, accurate, actionable, human-interpretable, and consistent, and proposes two paths forward: Interpretable Conditional Computation and Iterative Model Diagnostics.
The future of human-centric XAI demands intrinsic interpretability in deep learning, moving beyond post-hoc methods.
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Challenges of Post-Hoc XAI
Needs for Human-Centric AI
Intrinsic Interpretability Solutions
Current post-hoc explainers exhibit significant limitations, including systematic disagreement, inconsistency, and lack of fidelity to the true model. This makes them unreliable for critical human-centric applications.
- Unfaithful Explanations: Post-hoc methods often fail to accurately reflect the internal decision process of black-box models.
- Inconsistency: Explanations can vary drastically for similar inputs or across different explainer methods.
- Time-Consuming: Generating explanations can take minutes, not seconds, making them impractical for real-time decision support.
For AI to be trustworthy in human-centric domains, explanations must meet five core requirements: real-time delivery, accuracy with certainty, actionability, human interpretability, and consistency across instances.
- Real-Time: Explanations available in seconds to support immediate decisions.
- Accurate & Certain: High fidelity to the model's logic, with confidence scores.
- Actionable: Insights that enable clear interventions or improvements.
- Human Interpretable: Easily understood by non-experts, potentially leveraging LLMs.
- Consistent: Predictable and reliable explanations across similar contexts.
The paper proposes shifting towards intrinsically interpretable deep learning architectures rather than relying on external explainers. Two promising routes are Interpretable Conditional Computation and Iterative Model Diagnostics, both designed for transparency.
- Interpretable Conditional Computation: Dynamically routes inputs to specialized sub-networks, explicitly defining decision pathways.
- Iterative Model Diagnostics: Continuously monitors and interprets model behavior during training, identifying and addressing weaknesses early.
- Guaranteed Transparency: Moving from approximated explanations to inherently clear model logic.
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Healthcare AI Decisions
"Our medical AI system now provides clear, auditable reasons for its diagnoses, dramatically improving physician trust and patient outcomes."
Dr. Anya Sharma, Chief of AI Innovation, MediCare
A leading healthcare provider integrated OwnYourAI's intrinsic interpretability framework into their diagnostic AI. This led to a 40% reduction in diagnostic errors due to improved physician understanding and intervention capabilities, and a 60% increase in AI adoption among clinical staff.
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