Judea Pearl shares new causal inference papers while Congress debates AI regulation
yudapearl · x · 2026-09-18
Turing Award winner Judea Pearl shared a batch of newly published causal inference research papers as Congress convenes on AI regulation, asking whether this is a rush toward the cliff or away from it — and hoping for the former. Pearl has long argued current AI lacks causal reasoning, and uses the wave of papers to comment sardonically on the direction of AI research and oversight.
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