{"slug":"attribution-beats-explanation","title":"The problem with \"explainable AI\"","summary":"XAI promised explanation. The audience wanted accountability. Attribution is the substitute that survives audit.","lede":"Explainable AI promised that we could ask a model why it did something. It has not delivered. The substitute that works is attribution.","date":"2026-05-04","reading_time":"5 min","category":"Contrarian","tags":["XAI","explainability","attribution","contrarian"],"image":"https://cdn.twc.sh/images/igcache/Attribution%20Beats%20Explanation/1500_900/blog.jpg","url":"/blog/attribution-beats-explanation.html","wordcount":620,"related":["ai-safety-without-identity","audit-trail-design","ai-act-article-14-playbook"],"schema":"Article"}