Researcher Slams LLMs for Causal Inference: Fabricating Data Like Fan Fiction
RexDouglass · x · 2026-08-13
A researcher sharply criticizes the use of LLMs in causal inference and econometrics, noting that their responses resemble comic book fan fiction by fantasizing convenient covariates, instruments, and homogeneous treatments. He emphasizes that no amount of math can recover what isn't in the true Data Generating Process (DGP).
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