Robust, fair, and trustworthy artificial reasoning systems via quantitative causal learning and explainability

Atul Rawal; Adrienne Raglin; Brian M. Sadler; Danda B. Rawat

doi:10.1117/12.2666086

12 June 2023 Robust, fair, and trustworthy artificial reasoning systems via quantitative causal learning and explainability

Atul Rawal, Adrienne Raglin, Brian M. Sadler, Danda B. Rawat

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Proceedings Volume 12538, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning for Multi-Domain Operations Applications V; 125380B (2023) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2666086
Event: SPIE Defense + Commercial Sensing, 2023, Orlando, Florida, United States

Abstract

A major concern for artificial reasoning systems to achieve robustness and trustworthiness is causal learning where better explanations are needed to support the underlying tasks. Explanations for observational datasets without ground truth presents a unique challenge. This paper aims to provide a new perspective on explainability and causality by combining the two together. We propose a model which extracts quantitative knowledge from observational data via treatment effect estimation to create better explanations through comparison and validation of the causal features with results from correlation-based feature relevance explanations. Average treatment effect (ATE) estimation is calculated to provide a quantitative comparison of the causal features to the relevant features from explainable AI (XAI). This approach provides a comprehensive approach to generate robust and trustworthy explanations via validations from both causality and XAI to ensure trustworthiness, fairness and bias detection within the data, as well as the AI/ML models for artificial reasoning systems.

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Atul Rawal, Adrienne Raglin, Brian M. Sadler, and Danda B. Rawat "Robust, fair, and trustworthy artificial reasoning systems via quantitative causal learning and explainability", Proc. SPIE 12538, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning for Multi-Domain Operations Applications V, 125380B (12 June 2023); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2666086

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