Artificial intelligence (AI) drives a growing share of decisions that affect every aspect of our lives, from where to take a vacation to health care recommendations that could affect our life expectancy. As AI’s influence grows, market research firm IDC expects spending on it to reach $98 billion in 2023, up from $38 billion in 2019. But in most applications, AI performs its magic with very little explanation for how it reached its recommendations. It’s like a student who displays an answer to a school math problem, but when asked to show their work, simply shrugs.
