Provable concept learning for interpretable predictions using variational inference

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2204.00492v1
• Date: Fri, 1 Apr 2022 14:51:38 GMT
• Title: Provable concept learning for interpretable predictions using variational inference
• Authors: Armeen Taeb, Nicolo Ruggeri, Carina Schnuck, Fanny Yang
• Abstract summary: In safety critical applications, practitioners are reluctant to trust neural networks when no interpretable explanations are available. We propose a probabilistic modeling framework to derive (C)oncept (L)earning and (P)rediction (CLAP) We prove that our method is able to identify them while attaining optimal classification accuracy.
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• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• Abstract: In safety critical applications, practitioners are reluctant to trust neural networks when no interpretable explanations are available. Many attempts to provide such explanations revolve around pixel level attributions or use previously known concepts. In this paper we aim to provide explanations by provably identifying \emph{high-level, previously unknown concepts}. To this end, we propose a probabilistic modeling framework to derive (C)oncept (L)earning and (P)rediction (CLAP) -- a VAE-based classifier that uses visually interpretable concepts as linear predictors. Assuming that the data generating mechanism involves predictive concepts, we prove that our method is able to identify them while attaining optimal classification accuracy. We use synthetic experiments for validation, and also show that on real-world (PlantVillage and ChestXRay) datasets, CLAP effectively discovers interpretable factors for classifying diseases.

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