Enterprise AI Analysis
FaCT: Faithful Concept Traces for Explaining Neural Network Decisions
This paper introduces FaCT, a novel inherently interpretable model that provides faithful, concept-based explanations for neural network decisions. By integrating B-cos transforms and Sparse Autoencoders, FaCT delivers concepts that are shared across classes, accurately visualize input contributions, and precisely trace their impact on output logits. We also propose a new C²-score metric for robust concept consistency evaluation, ensuring trust and interpretability for critical enterprise applications.
Executive Impact & Key Findings
FaCT provides a robust framework for transparent and reliable AI, crucial for regulated industries and critical decision-making processes.
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Faithful Attribution
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FaCT's Inherently Interpretable Architecture
FaCT integrates B-cos transforms for dynamic linearity and Sparse Autoencoders (SAEs) for concept extraction, ensuring that all explanations are faithful and transparent. This design allows for model-inherent mechanistic concept-explanations, shared across classes, that can be faithfully traced to both input pixels and output logits.
Enterprise Process Flow
Input Image
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B-cos Feature Extraction
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Sparse Autoencoder Encoding
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Concept Activations (U)
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Sparse Autoencoder Decoding
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B-cos Output Layers
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Output Logit
This flow enables both Faithful Logit Contributions (Eq. 9), explaining concept impact on predictions, and Input-level Concept Visualization (Eq. 12), grounding concepts directly in input pixels.
Superior Faithfulness and Consistency
FaCT addresses critical limitations of previous methods, providing superior faithfulness and consistency in concept explanations. Its model-inherent design ensures that concept contributions directly drive predictions, unlike prior work relying on approximate post-hoc measures.
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| Concept Consistency (C²-score) |
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User-Validated Interpretability & Robust Consistency
Our C²-score metric, leveraging DINOv2 features, quantitatively confirms superior concept consistency over baselines (e.g., a C²-score of 0.37 for FaCT vs. 0.09 for B-cos channels). User studies further validate that FaCT's concepts are significantly more interpretable, with explanations leading to an average increase of ~0.5/5 in score for early-layer concepts, enabling users to retrieve clear meaning from visualizations.
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FaCT's Average C²-Score (vs. 0.09 for Baselines)
This demonstrates FaCT's ability to produce concepts that are not only computationally consistent but also align with human understanding, without restrictive assumptions on concept properties like class-specificity or spatial extent.
Disentangling Misclassification: Basketball vs. Volleyball
Using a shared concept basis, FaCT can meticulously analyze misclassification instances. For a Basketball image misclassified as Volleyball (Figure 8), FaCT reveals which concepts (e.g., 'ball', 'jerseys', 'person with shirt', 'limbs') mutually contribute to both predictions (confounding factors) and which exclusively contribute to the correct or incorrect class.
This detailed concept-level attribution allows for a deeper understanding of where and why the model's reasoning deviates, offering crucial insights for debugging, model refinement, and building trust in sensitive AI applications. Unlike class-specific methods, FaCT’s shared concepts provide a holistic view of the model's internal confusion.
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Your Path to Transparent AI: Implementation Roadmap
A structured approach to integrating FaCT's explainable AI capabilities into your existing systems.
Phase 1: Discovery & Strategy
Evaluate current AI systems, identify critical decision points, and define key interpretability requirements. Develop a tailored strategy for FaCT integration, focusing on high-impact areas.
Phase 2: Model Adaptation & Training
Adapt your existing neural networks with B-cos layers and integrate Sparse Autoencoders for concept extraction. Train FaCT models to learn faithful concept representations relevant to your data.
Phase 3: Validation & Interpretability Testing
Validate FaCT's concept consistency using the C²-score and conduct user studies to ensure human interpretability. Refine concept visualizations and attribution mechanisms for clarity.
Phase 4: Deployment & Monitoring
Deploy FaCT-enhanced models into production. Implement continuous monitoring for concept drift and model decision faithfulness, ensuring ongoing trust and compliance.
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