CLIP-QDA: An Explainable Concept Bottleneck Model

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Auteurs principaux: Kazmierczak, Rémi, Berthier, Eloïse, Frehse, Goran, Franchi, Gianni
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Publié: 2023
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author Kazmierczak, Rémi
Berthier, Eloïse
Frehse, Goran
Franchi, Gianni
author_facet Kazmierczak, Rémi
Berthier, Eloïse
Frehse, Goran
Franchi, Gianni
contents In this paper, we introduce an explainable algorithm designed from a multi-modal foundation model, that performs fast and explainable image classification. Drawing inspiration from CLIP-based Concept Bottleneck Models (CBMs), our method creates a latent space where each neuron is linked to a specific word. Observing that this latent space can be modeled with simple distributions, we use a Mixture of Gaussians (MoG) formalism to enhance the interpretability of this latent space. Then, we introduce CLIP-QDA, a classifier that only uses statistical values to infer labels from the concepts. In addition, this formalism allows for both local and global explanations. These explanations come from the inner design of our architecture, our work is part of a new family of greybox models, combining performances of opaque foundation models and the interpretability of transparent models. Our empirical findings show that in instances where the MoG assumption holds, CLIP-QDA achieves similar accuracy with state-of-the-art methods CBMs. Our explanations compete with existing XAI methods while being faster to compute.
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spellingShingle CLIP-QDA: An Explainable Concept Bottleneck Model
Kazmierczak, Rémi
Berthier, Eloïse
Frehse, Goran
Franchi, Gianni
Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
In this paper, we introduce an explainable algorithm designed from a multi-modal foundation model, that performs fast and explainable image classification. Drawing inspiration from CLIP-based Concept Bottleneck Models (CBMs), our method creates a latent space where each neuron is linked to a specific word. Observing that this latent space can be modeled with simple distributions, we use a Mixture of Gaussians (MoG) formalism to enhance the interpretability of this latent space. Then, we introduce CLIP-QDA, a classifier that only uses statistical values to infer labels from the concepts. In addition, this formalism allows for both local and global explanations. These explanations come from the inner design of our architecture, our work is part of a new family of greybox models, combining performances of opaque foundation models and the interpretability of transparent models. Our empirical findings show that in instances where the MoG assumption holds, CLIP-QDA achieves similar accuracy with state-of-the-art methods CBMs. Our explanations compete with existing XAI methods while being faster to compute.
title CLIP-QDA: An Explainable Concept Bottleneck Model
topic Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2312.00110