4min chapter

The TWIML AI Podcast (formerly This Week in Machine Learning & Artificial Intelligence) cover image

AI Trends 2023: Causality and the Impact on Large Language Models with Robert Osazuwa Ness - #616

The TWIML AI Podcast (formerly This Week in Machine Learning & Artificial Intelligence)

CHAPTER

Is There a Core Elements of Causality?

The way I think about it is like this. One mode of research that has been very successful in deep learning is to essentially brute force a practical problem with a lot of compute and a lot of data. And then once it works, you do something like an ablation study to figure out what is driving why it works. But that's difficult to do when causal reasoning is involved because you don't know if the reason is not working is because the causal problem is not identified. In other words, it's ill posed given the data and your causal assumptions.

00:00

Get the Snipd
podcast app

Unlock the knowledge in podcasts with the podcast player of the future.
App store bannerPlay store banner

AI-powered
podcast player

Listen to all your favourite podcasts with AI-powered features

Discover
highlights

Listen to the best highlights from the podcasts you love and dive into the full episode

Save any
moment

Hear something you like? Tap your headphones to save it with AI-generated key takeaways

Share
& Export

Send highlights to Twitter, WhatsApp or export them to Notion, Readwise & more

AI-powered
podcast player

Listen to all your favourite podcasts with AI-powered features

Discover
highlights

Listen to the best highlights from the podcasts you love and dive into the full episode