Name: Bilge Ince's review of The Book of Why by Judea Pearl
Item: The Book of Why
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Author: Bilge Ince

Judea Pearl

Dana Mackenzie

How the study of causality revolutionized science and the world "Correlation is not causation." This mantra, chanted by scientists for more than a century, has led to a virtual prohibition on causal talk. Today, that taboo is dead. The causal revolution, instigated by Judea Pearl and his colleagues, has cut through a century of confusion and established causality--the study of cause and effect--on a firm scientific basis. His work explains how we can know easy things, like whether it was rain or a sprinkler that made a sidewalk wet; and how to answer hard questions, like whether a drug cured an illness. Pearl's work enables us to know not just whether one thing causes another: it lets us explore the world that is and the worlds that could have been. It shows us the essence of human thought and key to artificial intelligence. Anyone who wants to understand either needs The Book of Why.

The New Science of Cause and Effect

The Book of Why

Ritik Sahni

Bilge Ince

I love such books, and I wanted to love this one as well. However, this was not for my taste. I assume I wanted to see more reference to AI than causation theory. And I believe the authors extended every chapter more than necessary. Therefore, after a point, I got bored.

Felipe Saldarriaga 

Una forma diferente de enteder la estadística y cómo traducimos a modelos matemáticos los eventos de la realidad.

Anton

Mher Alaverdyan

Jamshid

Alex K

'Correlation does not imply causation.' This mantra was invoked by scientists for decades in order to avoid taking positions as to whether one thing caused another, such as smoking and cancer and carbon dioxide and global warming. But today, that taboo is dead. The causal revolution, sparked by world-renowned computer scientist Judea Pearl and his colleagues, has cut through a century of confusion and placed cause and effect on a firm scientific basis. Now, Pearl and science journalist Dana Mackenzie explain causal thinking to general readers for the first time, showing how it allows us to explore the world that is and the worlds that could have been. It is the essence of human and artificial intelligence. And just as Pearl's discoveries have enabled machines to think better, The Book of Why explains how we can think better.

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