Unveiling the Black Box: The Significance of XAI in Making LLMs Transparent

As Large Language Models (LLMs) continue to evolve,their black-box nature poses significant challenges in termsof interpretability, trust, and accountability. Explainable ArtificialIntelligence (XAI) emerges as a crucial approach tomaking these models more transparent by providing insightsinto their decision-making processes. This paper explores thesignificance of XAI techniques in enhancing the interpretabilityof LLMs, examining key methodologies, such as attentionvisualization, feature attribution, and surrogate modeling.Additionally, we discuss the implications of transparent AIsystems in critical domains, addressing ethical concerns, biasmitigation, and regulatory compliance. By unveiling the blackbox, we aim to bridge the gap between high-performanceAI and human-understandable explanations, fostering morereliable and accountable AI systems.Keywords: Explainable AI, Large Language Models, Interpretability,Transparency, Trustworthy AI, Bias Mitigation,Model Explainability.

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Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
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2025-02-17
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14885026
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Explainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI)
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Unveiling the Black Box: The Significance of XAI in Making LLMs Transparent

Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Explainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI)
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Unveiling the Black Box: The Significance of XAI in Making LLMs Transparent

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Abstract

As Large Language Models (LLMs) continue to evolve,their black-box nature poses significant challenges in termsof interpretability, trust, and accountability. Explainable ArtificialIntelligence (XAI) emerges as a crucial approach tomaking these models more transparent by providing insightsinto their decision-making processes. This paper explores thesignificance of XAI techniques in enhancing the interpretabilityof LLMs, examining key methodologies, such as attentionvisualization, feature attribution, and surrogate modeling.Additionally, we discuss the implications of transparent AIsystems in critical domains, addressing ethical concerns, biasmitigation, and regulatory compliance. By unveiling the blackbox, we aim to bridge the gap between high-performanceAI and human-understandable explanations, fostering morereliable and accountable AI systems.Keywords: Explainable AI, Large Language Models, Interpretability,Transparency, Trustworthy AI, Bias Mitigation,Model Explainability.

Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Universidade de Brasília (BR)
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Explainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI)
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