Garcia, Francisco Javier Chiyah

Hastie, Helen

Laskov, Atanas

Liu, Xingkun

Patron, Pedro

Robb, David A.

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As unmanned vehicles become more autonomous, it is important to maintain a high level of transparency regarding their behaviour and how they operate. This is particularly important in remote locations where they cannot be directly observed. Here, we describe a method for generating explanations in natural language of autonomous system behaviour and reasoning. Our method involves deriving an interpretable model of autonomy through having an expert ‘speak aloud’ and providing various levels of detail based on this model. Through an online evaluation study with operators, we show it is best to generate explanations with multiple possible reasons but tersely worded. This work has implications for designing interfaces for autonomy as well as for explainable AI and operator training

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Explainable Autonomy: A Study of Explanation Styles for Building Clear Mental Models

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Explainable Autonomy: A Study of Explanation Styles for Building Clear Mental Models

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