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Word

explainability

Phoneticsex·plain·abil·i·ty

Definition

n. How easy it is for a person to understand why an AI gave a certain answer.

n. The degree to which the internal reasoning or output of an AI system can be understood and interpreted by humans.

Examples

“Explainability is important when AI is used in high-stakes decisions.”

“The researchers developed methods to improve the model's explainability.”

Examples

simple

“Explainability is important when AI is used in high-stakes decisions.”

contextual

“The researchers developed methods to improve the model's explainability.”

Etymology

From explain, from Latin explanare "make clear," + -ability.

Original etymology written by .

Word family

Domain

Technology

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