# "Explainability is Not a Game"

**URL:** <https://discourse.julialang.org/t/explainability-is-not-a-game/116553>\
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**Created:** [July 2, 2024, 9:59pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/explainability-is-not-a-game/116553 "2024-07-02T21:59:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![nsajko](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/julialang/user_avatar/discourse.julialang.org/nsajko/32/221187_2.png) [@nsajko](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/nsajko)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2024, 9:59pm UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/explainability-is-not-a-game/116553/1 "2024-07-02T21:59:48Z")

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[https://cacm.acm.org/research/explainability-is-not-a-game/](https://cacm.acm.org/research/explainability-is-not-a-game/)

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**Author:** ![Tarny\_GG\_Channie](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3bc359/32.png) [@Tarny\_GG\_Channie](https://discourse.julialang.org/u/Tarny_GG_Channie)\
**Post date:** [July 4, 2024, 12:52am UTC](https://discourse.julialang.org/t/explainability-is-not-a-game/116553/2 "2024-07-04T00:52:02Z")

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The article claims that SHAP value has no formal justification. However, Shapley value has a strong theoretical justification. In fact, it is the only game-theoretic attribution system with the four intuitive properties, Efficiency, Symmetry, Linearity and Null player.