Animated Local Explanations

28 January 2022 · Niall Twomey · 2022 · animation · fun · python

Explainability is a part of machine learning is where we try to demystify the factors that influence a particular model prediction, particularly when the predictive functions are complex and nonlinear. In a typical paper or a blog that you may read, you'll see explanations visualised in a nice static image. I was recently after reading a paper and afterwards was inspired to produce animations of explanations, as well as a few additional insights.