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Learned Visual Features to Textual Explanations
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Learned Visual Features to Textual Explanations
Saeid Asgari Taghanaki, Aliasghar Khani, Amir Khasahmadi, Aditya Sanghi, Karl D.D. Willis, Ali Mahdavi-Amiri
Interpreting the learned features of vision models has posed a longstanding challenge in the field of machine learning. To address this issue, we propose a novel method that leverages the capabilities of large language models (LLMs) to interpret the learned features of pre-trained image classifiers. Our method, called TExplain, tackles this task by training a neural network to establish a connection between the feature space of image classifiers and LLMs. Then, during inference, our approach generates a vast number of sentences to explain the features learned by the classifier for a given image. These sentences are then used to extract the most frequent words, providing a comprehensive understanding of the learned features and patterns within the classifier. Our method, for the first time, utilizes these frequent words corresponding to a visual representation to provide insights into the decision-making process of the independently trained classifier, enabling the detection of spurious correlations, biases, and a deeper comprehension of its behavior. To validate the effectiveness of our approach, we conduct experiments on diverse datasets, including ImageNet-9L and Waterbirds. The results demonstrate the potential of our method to enhance the interpretability and robustness of image classifiers.
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Aliasghar Khani
School of Computing Science, Simon Fraser University
Ali Mahdavi-Amiri
School of Computing Science, Simon Fraser University
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