Explainable AI: How Do We Know What AI Is ‘Thinking’?

Alan M. Reznik, MD, MBA, FAAOS

Editor’s note: This is the sixth article in a series on artificial intelligence (AI) applications in orthopaedics and the future of medicine. This article discusses the ability to understand the “thought” process of AI and strategies required to make AI decision­-making more transparent. The prior articles have reviewed the basics of AI, how AI can read an X-ray, natural language processing, medical ethics, and the differences between shallow and deep AI as it applies to the practice of medicine.

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