XAI Demonstrator

The XAI Demonstrator is a modular platform that lets users interact with production-grade Explainable AI (XAI) systems.

Getting Started

If you just want to try the XAI Demonstrator, have a look at the list of publicly accessible deployments below.

Running the XAI Demonstrator locally requires Docker (but nothing else). If you're new to Docker, see the Docker Desktop installation instructions.

The fastest way to start a local version of the most recent development version of the XAI Demonstrator is to use the test-local deployment configuration:

cd deployment/test-local
docker-compose up

Then, you can reach the app at localhost:8000.

To start a local instance of the XAI Demonstrator built from source, run docker-compose up in the top-level directory, wait for all builds to complete, and access the app at localhost:8000.

Documentation

A documentation with user guides is taking shape at xai-demonstrator.github.io/xai-demonstrator/.

Use Cases

Each use case illustrates a particular application of user-centric XAI methods.

Code	Description	Build	Test
review-sentiment	Explain the sentiment analysis of customer reviews by a multi-lingual BERT model using gradient-based feature importance explanation methods		BE: FE:
visual-inspection	Visually explain the classification of images using model-agnostic local explanation methods		BE: FE:
guess-the-country	(work in progress)		BE: FE:

You can try out a standalone version each use case locally by running docker-compose up in the respective directory. Then, the use case is available at localhost:8000.

Experiment Tracking

It is possible to record user requests and additional data when the XAI Demonstrator is used in academic research or for user testing. To learn more, have a look at the experiment-tracker.

Package	Description	Build	Test
experiment-proxy	A proxy that records requests and responses to use cases for later analysis
experiment-proxy	The service that collects and permanently stores the recorded data

Further Packages and Components

Package	Description	Build	Test
common/backend-utils	Python package providing common functionality for FastAPI backend services
common/vue-components	NPM package providing common VueJS components for frontends
landing-page	Frontend that serves as a common entry point to all use cases.

Deployments

Configuration	Location	Description	Status
test-deployment	https://test.xaidemo.de	Latest version of the landing page and all use cases
prod-deployment	https://www.xaidemo.de	Current release

License

The XAI Demonstrator is licensed under the terms of the Apache 2.0 license.