Academic Radiology, Department of Translational Research and of New Surgical and Medical Technology, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy.
Medical-Surgical Sciences and Translational Medicine, Sapienza University of Rome, Sant'Andrea Hospital, Rome, Italy.
Radiol Med. 2023 Jun;128(6):755-764. doi: 10.1007/s11547-023-01634-5. Epub 2023 May 8.
The term Explainable Artificial Intelligence (xAI) groups together the scientific body of knowledge developed while searching for methods to explain the inner logic behind the AI algorithm and the model inference based on knowledge-based interpretability. The xAI is now generally recognized as a core area of AI. A variety of xAI methods currently are available to researchers; nonetheless, the comprehensive classification of the xAI methods is still lacking. In addition, there is no consensus among the researchers with regards to what an explanation exactly is and which are salient properties that must be considered to make it understandable for every end-user. The SIRM introduces an xAI-white paper, which is intended to aid Radiologists, medical practitioners, and scientists in the understanding an emerging field of xAI, the black-box problem behind the success of the AI, the xAI methods to unveil the black-box into a glass-box, the role, and responsibilities of the Radiologists for appropriate use of the AI-technology. Due to the rapidly changing and evolution of AI, a definitive conclusion or solution is far away from being defined. However, one of our greatest responsibilities is to keep up with the change in a critical manner. In fact, ignoring and discrediting the advent of AI a priori will not curb its use but could result in its application without awareness. Therefore, learning and increasing our knowledge about this very important technological change will allow us to put AI at our service and at the service of the patients in a conscious way, pushing this paradigm shift as far as it will benefit us.
可解释人工智能(xAI)一词将用于搜索解释人工智能算法内部逻辑和基于知识可解释性的模型推理的方法的科学知识体系汇集在一起。xAI 现在通常被认为是人工智能的一个核心领域。目前有多种 xAI 方法可供研究人员使用;然而,xAI 方法的综合分类仍然缺乏。此外,研究人员对于什么是解释以及必须考虑哪些突出属性才能使其为每个最终用户所理解还没有达成共识。SIRM 引入了一份 xAI 白皮书,旨在帮助放射科医生、医疗从业者和科学家理解 xAI 这一新兴领域、人工智能成功背后的黑盒问题、将黑盒揭示为玻璃盒的 xAI 方法、放射科医生在适当使用 AI 技术方面的作用和责任。由于人工智能的快速变化和发展,要确定一个明确的结论或解决方案还很遥远。然而,我们最重要的责任之一是以批判的态度跟上变化。事实上,预先忽视和诋毁人工智能的出现并不会遏制其使用,但可能导致在没有意识的情况下应用人工智能。因此,学习和增加我们对这一非常重要的技术变革的了解,将使我们能够以有意识的方式将人工智能服务于我们自己,并服务于患者,推动这一范式转变,使其尽可能地使我们受益。