TRR 318-2 - Project C04: Metaphors as an explanation tool

Explanations of abstract explananda (such as AI systems) need metaphors to relate new, abstract knowledge to more concrete concepts. In the first phase, we studied how metaphors highlight and hide aspects to foster understanding, how to model their agency structure, and how they are used for explaining. In the second, we will investigate how to generate metaphorical explanations and adapt them to the explainee’s background and reactions, all combining methods from psychology and NLP.