How to Make AlphaGo's Children Explainable?

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Authors: Woosuk Park
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Abstract

Under the rubric of understanding the problem of explainability of artificial intelligence (AI) in terms of abductive cognition, I propose to review the lessons from AlphaGo and her more powerful successors. As AI players in Baduk (Go, Weiqi ) have arrived at a superhuman level, there seems to be no hope for understanding the secret of their breathtakingly brilliant moves. Without making AI players explainable in some ways, both human and AI players would be less-than omniscient, if not ignorant, epistemic agents. Are we bound to have less explainable AI Baduk players as they make further progress? I shall show that the resolution of this apparent paradox depends on how we understand the crucial distinction between abduction and inference to the best explanation (IBE). Some further philosophical issues arising from explainable AI will also be discussed in connection with this distinction.

Fields of Study & Subjects

Explainable Artificial Intelligence (XAI) Philosophy and History of Science Artificial Intelligence in Games

Publication details

Journal / source
CRC Press eBooks
Pages
153–174
Publication date
9 February 2026
Language
EN
Document type
Book chapter