As artificial intelligence (AI) makes increasingly impressive contributions to science, scientists increasingly want to understand how AI reaches its conclusions. Matthew D. Schwartz discusses what it means to understand AI and whether such a goal is achievable — or even needed.
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Schwartz, M.D. Should artificial intelligence be interpretable to humans?. Nat Rev Phys 4, 741–742 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1038/s42254-022-00538-z
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