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Main Authors: Leblanc, Benjamin, Germain, Pascal
Format: Preprint
Published: 2023
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2311.11491
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author Leblanc, Benjamin
Germain, Pascal
author_facet Leblanc, Benjamin
Germain, Pascal
contents Interpretability and explainability have gained more and more attention in the field of machine learning as they are crucial when it comes to high-stakes decisions and troubleshooting. Since both provide information about predictors and their decision process, they are often seen as two independent means for one single end. This view has led to a dichotomous literature: explainability techniques designed for complex black-box models, or interpretable approaches ignoring the many explainability tools. In this position paper, we challenge the common idea that interpretability and explainability are substitutes for one another by listing their principal shortcomings and discussing how both of them mitigate the drawbacks of the other. In doing so, we call for a new perspective on interpretability and explainability, and works targeting both topics simultaneously, leveraging each of their respective assets.
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spellingShingle On the Relationship Between Interpretability and Explainability in Machine Learning
Leblanc, Benjamin
Germain, Pascal
Machine Learning
Artificial Intelligence
Interpretability and explainability have gained more and more attention in the field of machine learning as they are crucial when it comes to high-stakes decisions and troubleshooting. Since both provide information about predictors and their decision process, they are often seen as two independent means for one single end. This view has led to a dichotomous literature: explainability techniques designed for complex black-box models, or interpretable approaches ignoring the many explainability tools. In this position paper, we challenge the common idea that interpretability and explainability are substitutes for one another by listing their principal shortcomings and discussing how both of them mitigate the drawbacks of the other. In doing so, we call for a new perspective on interpretability and explainability, and works targeting both topics simultaneously, leveraging each of their respective assets.
title On the Relationship Between Interpretability and Explainability in Machine Learning
topic Machine Learning
Artificial Intelligence
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2311.11491