User-centric evaluation of explainability of AI with and for humans: a comprehensive empirical study

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Autores principales: Bobek, Szymon, Korycińska, Paloma, Krakowska, Monika, Mozolewski, Maciej, Rak, Dorota, Zych, Magdalena, Wójcik, Magdalena, Nalepa, Grzegorz J.
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author Bobek, Szymon
Korycińska, Paloma
Krakowska, Monika
Mozolewski, Maciej
Rak, Dorota
Zych, Magdalena
Wójcik, Magdalena
Nalepa, Grzegorz J.
author_facet Bobek, Szymon
Korycińska, Paloma
Krakowska, Monika
Mozolewski, Maciej
Rak, Dorota
Zych, Magdalena
Wójcik, Magdalena
Nalepa, Grzegorz J.
contents This study is located in the Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence (HCAI) and focuses on the results of a user-centered assessment of commonly used eXplainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI) algorithms, specifically investigating how humans understand and interact with the explanations provided by these algorithms. To achieve this, we employed a multi-disciplinary approach that included state-of-the-art research methods from social sciences to measure the comprehensibility of explanations generated by a state-of-the-art lachine learning model, specifically the Gradient Boosting Classifier (XGBClassifier). We conducted an extensive empirical user study involving interviews with 39 participants from three different groups, each with varying expertise in data science, data visualization, and domain-specific knowledge related to the dataset used for training the machine learning model. Participants were asked a series of questions to assess their understanding of the model's explanations. To ensure replicability, we built the model using a publicly available dataset from the UC Irvine Machine Learning Repository, focusing on edible and non-edible mushrooms. Our findings reveal limitations in existing XAI methods and confirm the need for new design principles and evaluation techniques that address the specific information needs and user perspectives of different classes of AI stakeholders. We believe that the results of our research and the cross-disciplinary methodology we developed can be successfully adapted to various data types and user profiles, thus promoting dialogue and address opportunities in HCAI research. To support this, we are making the data resulting from our study publicly available.
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spellingShingle User-centric evaluation of explainability of AI with and for humans: a comprehensive empirical study
Bobek, Szymon
Korycińska, Paloma
Krakowska, Monika
Mozolewski, Maciej
Rak, Dorota
Zych, Magdalena
Wójcik, Magdalena
Nalepa, Grzegorz J.
Artificial Intelligence
Machine Learning
This study is located in the Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence (HCAI) and focuses on the results of a user-centered assessment of commonly used eXplainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI) algorithms, specifically investigating how humans understand and interact with the explanations provided by these algorithms. To achieve this, we employed a multi-disciplinary approach that included state-of-the-art research methods from social sciences to measure the comprehensibility of explanations generated by a state-of-the-art lachine learning model, specifically the Gradient Boosting Classifier (XGBClassifier). We conducted an extensive empirical user study involving interviews with 39 participants from three different groups, each with varying expertise in data science, data visualization, and domain-specific knowledge related to the dataset used for training the machine learning model. Participants were asked a series of questions to assess their understanding of the model's explanations. To ensure replicability, we built the model using a publicly available dataset from the UC Irvine Machine Learning Repository, focusing on edible and non-edible mushrooms. Our findings reveal limitations in existing XAI methods and confirm the need for new design principles and evaluation techniques that address the specific information needs and user perspectives of different classes of AI stakeholders. We believe that the results of our research and the cross-disciplinary methodology we developed can be successfully adapted to various data types and user profiles, thus promoting dialogue and address opportunities in HCAI research. To support this, we are making the data resulting from our study publicly available.
title User-centric evaluation of explainability of AI with and for humans: a comprehensive empirical study
topic Artificial Intelligence
Machine Learning
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2410.15952