Metaphors as an explanation tool (C04)

• Subject Area: General, Cognitive and Mathematical Psychology ; Image and Language Processing, Computer Graphics and Visualisation, Human Computer Interaction, Ubiquitous and Wearable Computing
• Term: since 2021
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 438445824

Explanations of abstract explananda (such as AI systems) need metaphors to relate new, abstract knowledge to more concrete concepts. In the first phase, we studied how metaphors highlight and hide aspects to foster understanding, how to model their agency structure, and how they are used for explaining. In the second, we will investigate how to generate metaphorical explanations and adapt them to the explainee’s background and reactions, all combining methods from psychology and NLP.

• DFG Programme: CRC/Transregios
• Subproject of: TRR 318: Constructing explainability
• Applicant Institution: Universität Paderborn
• Project Heads: Professorin Dr. Ingrid Scharlau; Professor Dr. Henning Wachsmuth