Is ML Explainability the wrong goal?

In high-stakes applications explainability may even be counter-productive

In his 2006 classic The Shock of the Old David Edgerton argues that historians’ understanding of the history of technology is too dominated by invention. We rightly remember and admire great inventors and scientists. In fact, David Edgerton details, the adoption and use of the technology is often as important, if not more important, than the invention itself. The way technology is put to use has …

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