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arxiv 1806.08049 v1 pith:G7RGBTGN submitted 2018-06-21 cs.LG stat.ML

On the Robustness of Interpretability Methods

classification cs.LG stat.ML
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We argue that robustness of explanations---i.e., that similar inputs should give rise to similar explanations---is a key desideratum for interpretability. We introduce metrics to quantify robustness and demonstrate that current methods do not perform well according to these metrics. Finally, we propose ways that robustness can be enforced on existing interpretability approaches.

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