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From Features to Actions: Explainability in Traditional and Agentic AI Systems

arXiv – CS AI|Sindhuja Chaduvula, Jessee Ho, Kina Kim, Aravind Narayanan, Mahshid Alinoori, Muskan Garg, Dhanesh Ramachandram, Shaina Raza|
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Researchers demonstrate that traditional explainable AI methods designed for static predictions fail when applied to agentic AI systems that make sequential decisions over time. The study shows attribution-based explanations work well for static tasks but trace-based diagnostics are needed to understand failures in multi-step AI agent behaviors.

Key Takeaways
  • Attribution-based explanations achieve stable feature rankings in static AI tasks but cannot reliably diagnose failures in agentic AI trajectories.
  • Trace-based diagnostics consistently identify behavioral breakdowns in multi-step AI agent systems.
  • State tracking inconsistency is 2.7 times more prevalent in failed agent runs and reduces success probability by 49%.
  • The research advocates for a shift toward trajectory-level explainability methods for autonomous AI systems.
  • Traditional explainable AI approaches need fundamental rethinking for modern agentic AI applications.
Read Original →via arXiv – CS AI
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