A Computationally Feasible Framework for Causal Probabilistic Explanation
Explaining why a specific outcome occurred, and which inputs deserve the blame or credit, is central to philosophical, scientific, and policy analysis. Existing tools split into two camps. The theory of actual causality (AC) gives principled verdicts, but only for toy-sized models, because computing them requires enumerating counterfactual scenarios. Authors: Rafal Urbaniak, Sam Witty, Daniel Waxman.
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