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Interpreting Black Box Models with Christoph Molnar #40

January 10, 2024 • Neil Leiser • Season 3 • Episode 6

Our guest today is Christoph Molnar, expert in Interpretable Machine Learning and book author.

In our conversation, we dive into the field of Interpretable ML. Christoph explains the difference between post hoc and model agnostic approaches as well as global and local model agnostic methods. We dig into several interpretable ML techniques including permutation feature importance, SHAP and Lime. We also talk about the importance of interpretability and how it can help you build better models and impact businesses.

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(00:00) - Introduction

(02:42) - Christoph's Journey into Data Science and AI

(07:23) - What is Interpretable ML?

(18:57) - Global Model Agnostic Approaches

(24:20) - Practical Applications of Feature Importance

(28:37) - Local Model Agnostic Approaches

(31:17) - SHAP and LIME

(40:20) - Advice for Implementing Interpretable Techniques

(43:47) - Modelling Mindsets

(48:04) - Stats vs ML Mindsets

(51:17) - Future Plans & Career Advice