arXiv:2603.10234cs.CVcs.LG2026-03

用原型追踪训练过程,让图像分类模型的决策变得可解释。

Why Does It Look There? Structured Explanations for Image Classification

  • 从梯度热图提取原型,构建结构化解释路径
  • 在MNIST和CIFAR10上揭示模型依赖的典型特征模式
  • 可识别不确定原型并优化模型,提升准确率

深度学习模型虽具备出色预测能力,但其黑箱特性限制了透明性与可信度。现有可解释AI方法多生成热力图或概念(即非结构化解释),常依赖GPT、CLIP等辅助模型描述行为,难以忠实反映原模型。本文提出I2X框架,通过量化训练过程中选定检查点的进展,利用后验XAI方法(如GradCAM)提取的原型,将非结构化解释转化为结构化解释,回答‘为什么看起来在那里’的问题。I2X提供训练期间类内与类间决策的结构化视图。在MNIST和CIFAR10上的实验表明,该方法能有效揭示多种图像分类模型的原型推理过程。此外,I2X可用于提升不同架构与数据集上的预测性能:通过识别不明确原型并施加针对性样本扰动,再进行微调,最终提升准确率。因此,I2X不仅忠实解释模型行为,还提供一种引导优化至目标的实用方法。

原文摘要 · Abstract (English)

Deep learning models achieve remarkable predictive performance, yet their black-box nature limits transparency and trustworthiness. Although numerous explainable artificial intelligence (XAI) methods have been proposed, they primarily provide saliency maps or concepts (i.e., unstructured interpretability). Existing approaches often rely on auxiliary models (\eg, GPT, CLIP) to describe model behavior, thereby compromising faithfulness to the original models. We propose Interpretability to Explainability (I2X), a framework that builds structured explanations directly from unstructured interpretability by quantifying progress at selected checkpoints during training using prototypes extracted from post-hoc XAI methods (e.g., GradCAM). I2X answers the question of "why does it look there" by providing a structured view of both intra- and inter-class decision making during training. Experiments on MNIST and CIFAR10 demonstrate effectiveness of I2X to reveal prototype-based inference process of various image classification models. Moreover, we demonstrate that I2X can be used to improve predictions across different model architectures and datasets: we can identify uncertain prototypes recognized by I2X and then use targeted perturbation of samples that allows fine-tuning to ultimately improve accuracy. Thus, I2X not only faithfully explains model behavior but also provides a practical approach to guide optimization toward desired targets.

可解释AI图像分类原型分析

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