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“With Bayesian networks, we had taught machines to think in shades of grey, and this was an important step toward humanlike thinking. But we still couldn't teach machines to understand causes and effects. We couldn't explain to a computer why turning the dial of a barometer won't cause rain.... Without the ability to envision alternate realities and contrast them with the currently existing reality, a machine...cannot answer the most basic question that makes us human: "Why?”

Judea Pearl, The Book of Why: The New Science of Cause and Effect
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The Book of Why: The New Science of Cause and Effect The Book of Why: The New Science of Cause and Effect by Judea Pearl
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