Explainable AI chatbots towards XAI ChatGPT: A review

Advances in artificial intelligence (AI) have had a major impact on natural language processing (NLP), even more so with the emergence of large-scale language models like ChatGPT. This paper aims to provide a critical review of explainable AI (XAI) methodologies for AI chatbots, with a particular fo...

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Main Author: Attila Kovari
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description Advances in artificial intelligence (AI) have had a major impact on natural language processing (NLP), even more so with the emergence of large-scale language models like ChatGPT. This paper aims to provide a critical review of explainable AI (XAI) methodologies for AI chatbots, with a particular focus on ChatGPT. Its main objectives are to investigate the applied methods that improve the explainability of AI chatbots, identify the challenges and limitations within them, and explore future research directions. Such goals emphasize the need for transparency and interpretability of AI systems to build trust with users and allow for accountability. While integrating such interdisciplinary methods, such as hybrid methods combining knowledge graphs with ChatGPT, enhancing explainability, they also highlight industry needs for explainability and user-centred design. This will be followed by a discussion of the balance between explainability and performance, then the role of human judgement, and finally the future of verifiable AI. These are the avenues through which insights can be used to guide the development of transparent, reliable and efficient AI chatbots.
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spelling doaj-art-1fb2cf0367f2422c8923f8b3c46d9ccd2025-02-02T05:28:56ZengElsevierHeliyon2405-84402025-01-01112e42077Explainable AI chatbots towards XAI ChatGPT: A reviewAttila Kovari0Institute of Digital Technology, Faculty of Computer Science, Eszterházy Károly Catholic University, Eszterhazy ter 1, Eger, 3300, Hungary; Institute of Computer Engineering, University of Dunaújváros, Dunaújváros, Hungary, Tancsics M. 1/A, 2400, Dunaujvaros, Hungary; Department of Informatics, GAMF Faculty of Engineering and Computer Science, John von Neumann University, Izsáki u. 10, 6000, Kecskemét, Hungary; Institute of Electronics and Communication Systems, Kandó Kálmán Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Óbuda University, Bécsi street 96/B, 1034, Budapest, Hungary; Institute of Digital Technology, Faculty of Computer Science, Eszterházy Károly Catholic University, Eszterhazy ter 1, Eger, 3300, Hungary.Advances in artificial intelligence (AI) have had a major impact on natural language processing (NLP), even more so with the emergence of large-scale language models like ChatGPT. This paper aims to provide a critical review of explainable AI (XAI) methodologies for AI chatbots, with a particular focus on ChatGPT. Its main objectives are to investigate the applied methods that improve the explainability of AI chatbots, identify the challenges and limitations within them, and explore future research directions. Such goals emphasize the need for transparency and interpretability of AI systems to build trust with users and allow for accountability. While integrating such interdisciplinary methods, such as hybrid methods combining knowledge graphs with ChatGPT, enhancing explainability, they also highlight industry needs for explainability and user-centred design. This will be followed by a discussion of the balance between explainability and performance, then the role of human judgement, and finally the future of verifiable AI. These are the avenues through which insights can be used to guide the development of transparent, reliable and efficient AI chatbots.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844025004578Explainable AI (XAI)ChatGPTAI chatbotsNatural language processing (NLP)TransparencyControllable AI
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Explainable AI chatbots towards XAI ChatGPT: A review
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Explainable AI (XAI)
ChatGPT
AI chatbots
Natural language processing (NLP)
Transparency
Controllable AI
title Explainable AI chatbots towards XAI ChatGPT: A review
title_full Explainable AI chatbots towards XAI ChatGPT: A review
title_fullStr Explainable AI chatbots towards XAI ChatGPT: A review
title_full_unstemmed Explainable AI chatbots towards XAI ChatGPT: A review
title_short Explainable AI chatbots towards XAI ChatGPT: A review
title_sort explainable ai chatbots towards xai chatgpt a review
topic Explainable AI (XAI)
ChatGPT
AI chatbots
Natural language processing (NLP)
Transparency
Controllable AI
url http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844025004578
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