interpretability
Can be understood
Interpretability is the quality of being understandable or explainable.
In machine learning and artificial intelligence, interpretability refers to how well humans can comprehend why a model produces particular outputs: The team sacrificed some accuracy for interpretability.
A highly interpretable model lets users trace its reasoning, while a "black box" model obscures its decision-making process.
The term appears in statistics, law, and anywhere complex systems require human oversight.
Ease of being grasped
- comprehensibilityClarity of meaning
- readabilityEase of understanding text
- lucidityClearness of mind
- intelligibilityQuality of being understood
coherence · explicitness · accessibility · simplicity · precision · articulateness · legibility · distinctness
What something signifies
- semanticsStudy of linguistic meaning
- hermeneuticsStudy of interpretation methods
- decodingExtracting meaning from symbols
- significationExpressed or intended meaning
symbolism · representation · context · connotation · denotation · pragmatics · exegesis · reading
Mental understanding of meaning
- understandingMental comprehension of something
- sensemakingConstructing meaning from information
- insightDeep perceptive understanding
- reasoningDrawing logical conclusions
inference · grasp · perception · conceptualization · learning · intuition · discernment · assimilation
Capacity for clarification
- intrinsicBelonging by nature
- counterfactualsPropositions contrary to fact
Quality of being verifiable
- reproducibilityAbility to repeat findings
- traceabilityVerifiable origin and path
- open-sourceFreely viewable, editable code
- governanceHow authority is exercised
understandability
Ease of being grasped
- comprehensibilityClarity of meaning
- readabilityEase of understanding text
- lucidityClearness of mind
intelligibility · coherence · explicitness · accessibility · simplicity · precision · articulateness · legibility · distinctness · parsimony
meaning
What something signifies
- semanticsStudy of linguistic meaning
- hermeneuticsStudy of interpretation methods
- decodingExtracting meaning from symbols
signification · symbolism · representation · context · connotation · denotation · pragmatics · exegesis · reading · construal
comprehension
Mental understanding of meaning
- understandingMental comprehension of something
- sensemakingConstructing meaning from information
- insightDeep perceptive understanding
reasoning · inference · grasp · perception · conceptualization · learning · intuition · discernment · assimilation
explainability
Capacity for clarification
- intrinsicBelonging by nature
- counterfactualsPropositions contrary to fact
auditability
Quality of being verifiable
- reproducibilityAbility to repeat findings
- traceabilityVerifiable origin and path
- open-sourceFreely viewable, editable code
governance · debugging · validation · verification · disclosure
- clarityclearness, clear, obvious, simplification, concise
- data qualitiesaccuracy, completeness, consistency, reliability, validity
- AI safetymisalignment, existential risk, superintelligence, stop button, power seeking
interpretabilityobscurity
State of being unknown
incomprehensibility · unintelligibility · opacity · inscrutability · impenetrability
interpret, interpretation, interpreter, misinterpret, interpreted, interpretive, interpreting, misinterpretation, interpreters