对比三种可解释AI方法,发现评价结果因评估方式而异。
What Makes for a Good Saliency Map? Comparing Strategies for Evaluating Saliency Maps in Explainable AI (XAI)
- 用用户研究、客观测试和数学指标三类方法评估三种显著性图
- Grad-CAM提升用户理解力最佳,Guided Backpropagation数学评分最高
- 数学指标与用户理解存在反直觉关联,需结合多种评估
显著性图是解释卷积神经网络分类结果的常用方法。然而,如何有效评估这些图仍存争议,当前主要采用主观用户评价、客观用户表现和数学指标三类方法。本研究在166名参与者中,对LIME、Grad-CAM和Guided Backpropagation三种方法进行了跨方法比较。结果表明:在主观评价上,三者在用户信任与满意度上无显著差异;在客观测试中,Grad-CAM显著提升用户对模型的理解能力;在数学指标上,Guided Backpropagation表现最优。此外,部分数学指标与用户理解能力相关,但关系常出人意料。研究揭示了不同评估方法间的一致性缺失,强调应综合运用用户研究与数学指标来评估可解释人工智能方法。
原文摘要 · Abstract (English)
Saliency maps are a popular approach for explaining classifications of (convolutional) neural networks. However, it remains an open question as to how best to evaluate salience maps, with three families of evaluation methods commonly being used: subjective user measures, objective user measures, and mathematical metrics. We examine three of the most popular saliency map approaches (viz., LIME, Grad-CAM, and Guided Backpropagation) in a between subject study (N=166) across these families of evaluation methods. We test 1) for subjective measures, if the maps differ with respect to user trust and satisfaction; 2) for objective measures, if the maps increase users' abilities and thus understanding of a model; 3) for mathematical metrics, which map achieves the best ratings across metrics; and 4) whether the mathematical metrics can be associated with objective user measures. To our knowledge, our study is the first to compare several salience maps across all these evaluation methods$-$with the finding that they do not agree in their assessment (i.e., there was no difference concerning trust and satisfaction, Grad-CAM improved users' abilities best, and Guided Backpropagation had the most favorable mathematical metrics). Additionally, we show that some mathematical metrics were associated with user understanding, although this relationship was often counterintuitive. We discuss these findings in light of general debates concerning the complementary use of user studies and mathematical metrics in the evaluation of explainable AI (XAI) approaches.
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