Statistics without Interpretation: A Sober Look at Explainable Machine Learning

In the rapidly growing literature on explanation algorithms, it often remains unclear what precisely these algorithms are for and how they should be used. We argue that this is because explanation algorithms are often mathematically complex but don't admit a clear interpretation. Unfortunately, complex statistical methods that don't have a clear interpretation are bound to lead to errors in interpretation, a fact that has become increasingly apparent in the literature. In order to move forward, papers on explanation algorithms should …

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