Abstract

Saliency methods — techniques to identify the importance of input features on a model’s output — are a common step in understanding neural network behavior. However, interpreting saliency requires tedious manual inspection to identify and aggregate patterns in model behavior, resulting in ad hoc or cherry-picked analysis. To address these concerns, we present Shared Interest: metrics for comparing model reasoning (via saliency) to human reasoning (via ground truth annotations). By providing quantitative descriptors, Shared Interest enables ranking, sorting, and aggregating inputs, thereby facilitating large-scale systematic analysis of model behavior. We use Shared Interest to identify eight recurring patterns in model behavior, such as cases where contextual features or a subset of ground truth features are most important to the model. Working with representative real-world users, we show how Shared Interest can be used to decide if a model is trustworthy, uncover issues missed in manual analyses, and enable interactive probing.

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@inproceedings{boggust2022shared,
  title={Shared Interest: Measuring Human-AI Alignment to Identify Recurring Patterns in Model Behavior},
  author={Boggust, Angie and Hoover, Benjamin and Satyanarayan, Arvind and Strobelt, Hendrik},
  booktitle={{CHI} Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems},
  year={2022}
}