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Interpretability

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The ability to understand the value and accuracy of system output. Interpretability refers to the extent to which a cause and effect can be observed within a system or to which what is going to happen given a change in input or algorithmic parameters can be predicted.

National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence: The Final Report

Senses

Notes on Measurement

The ability to explain or to present an ML model’s reasoning in understandable terms to a human

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