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Explainable AI: Making Models Interpretable

Build transparent AI systems. Techniques for explaining model decisions and building trust.

Rottawhite Team13 min readDecember 8, 2024
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The Need for Explainability

As AI makes important decisions, understanding why becomes crucial for trust, debugging, and compliance.

Levels of Explainability

Global Explanations

Understanding overall model behavior.

Local Explanations

Understanding individual predictions.

Model-Specific

Inherently interpretable models.

Model-Agnostic

Techniques for any model.

Explanation Techniques

Feature Importance

  • Permutation importance
  • SHAP values
  • Feature attribution
  • Local Explanations

  • LIME
  • Anchors
  • Counterfactuals
  • Visualization

  • Partial dependence plots
  • ICE plots
  • Activation visualization
  • Rule Extraction

  • Decision rules
  • Surrogate models
  • Prototype explanations
  • Interpretable Models

    Inherently Interpretable

  • Linear regression
  • Decision trees
  • Rule-based systems
  • Constrained Models

  • GAMs
  • Attention mechanisms
  • Sparse models
  • Practical Implementation

  • Define explanation requirements
  • Choose appropriate techniques
  • Validate explanations
  • Present to stakeholders
  • Iterate based on feedback
  • Challenges

  • Accuracy vs interpretability tradeoff
  • Explanation fidelity
  • User understanding
  • Computational cost
  • Tools

  • SHAP
  • LIME
  • Captum
  • InterpretML
  • Alibi
  • Conclusion

    Explainable AI builds trust and enables responsible deployment of AI systems.

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