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I'm currently reading The Book of Why by Judea Pearl and I think that he makes that claim that our brains are Bayesian and then some. Haven't finished yet, he
by gooseus 8y ago
I'm currently reading The Book of Why by Judea Pearl and I think that he makes that claim that our brains are Bayesian and then some.
Haven't finished yet, he gets into artificial intelligence in the next few chapters, but he seems to make the claim that our brains work by doing a number of computations involved in causal inference beyond just Bayesian inference, such as subconsciously constructing causal diagrams and using them for causal inference including asking questions about counterfactual scenarios.
Would be interested to hear if anyone else who has read this book can help elaborate on this some.
- eli_gottlieb 8y agoJudea Pearl continues to insist on causal diagrams, but the rest of us have moved on to probabilistic programs ;-).