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What is a black box? A computer scientist explains what it means when the inner workings of AIs are hidden

  • Written by Saurabh Bagchi, Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Purdue University
imageYou can't see inside any opaque box, but the color black adds an air of mystery.chingraph/iStock via Getty Images

For some people, the term “black box” brings to mind the recording devices in airplanes that are valuable for postmortem analyses if the unthinkable happens. For others it evokes small, minimally outfitted theaters. But...

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