Must Success Make Sense?

Jaia Mridula, David James Edward Elks
Proceedings of the Fourth UK AI Conference 2026, PMLR 348:98-105, 2026.

Abstract

Explainable AI begins from a curious, powerful hope. If the operations of an artificial system can be explained, then its opacity can be overcome. This paper questions that hope. Explanation may inform us without restoring understanding. Intelligibility is a distinct human epistemic achievement.

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BibTeX
@InProceedings{pmlr-v348-mridula26a, title = {Must Success Make Sense?}, author = {Mridula, Jaia and Elks, David James Edward}, booktitle = {Proceedings of the Fourth UK AI Conference 2026}, pages = {98--105}, year = {2026}, editor = {Benford, Alistair and Büyükateş, Baturalp and Cabrera, Christian and Kiden, Sarah and Salili-James, Arianna and Zakka, Vincent and Zhou, Feng}, volume = {348}, series = {Proceedings of Machine Learning Research}, month = {29--30 Sep}, publisher = {PMLR}, pdf = {https://raw.githubusercontent.com/mlresearch/v348/main/assets/mridula26a/mridula26a.pdf}, url = {https://proceedings.mlr.press/v348/mridula26a.html}, abstract = {Explainable AI begins from a curious, powerful hope. If the operations of an artificial system can be explained, then its opacity can be overcome. This paper questions that hope. Explanation may inform us without restoring understanding. Intelligibility is a distinct human epistemic achievement.} }
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APA
Mridula, J. & Elks, D.J.E.. (2026). Must Success Make Sense?. Proceedings of the Fourth UK AI Conference 2026, in Proceedings of Machine Learning Research 348:98-105 Available from https://proceedings.mlr.press/v348/mridula26a.html.

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