Leda Zimmerman has a nice article on von Fintel and Iatridou's new paper, "Prolegomena to a Theory of X-marking."
One quote: "The point of this paper is to say look, why is there X-marking that can turn a conditional into a counterfactual, a strong necessity into a weak necessity, and a desire into unattainable desire?" says Iatridou. "What meaning are we going to give to X so that it can do these three different jobs?"
https://phys.org/news/2023-08-hypothetically-linguists-explore-human-language.html
#Linguistics #Philosophy #Counterfactuals #Language

"Causal Deep Learning"
Jeroen Berrevoets, Krzysztof Kacprzyk, Zhaozhi Qian, Mihaela van der Schaar

Prof Mihaela van der Schaar just gave a very exciting talk at the #counterfactuals workshop at #icml2023 on her lab's CDL framework dealing explicitely and with concepts from #causality and #machine-learning. Definitely going on my reading list.

https://arxiv.org/abs/2303.02186

Karen Bennett on how to properly evaluate #counterfactuals and the tools you need:

"When you are supposed to imagine c1 gone, you imagine it gone. You do not worry about how the past would have to be different to make it fail to occur, and you do not worry about what else might occur in its place. You simply snip it away as though you had a metaphysical hole-puncher."

("Why the exclusion problem seems intractable, and how, just maybe, to tract it", Nous, vol. 37, no. 3, p. 482)

#philosophy

"That’s where #MachineLearning comes in. #TwinNetworks treat #counterfactuals as a pair of probabilistic models: one representing the actual world, the other representing the fictional one. The models are linked in such a way that the model of the actual world constrains the model of the fictional one, keeping it the same in every way except for the facts you want to change. "#AI

The complex math of counterfactuals could help #Spotify pick your next favorite song
https://www.technologyreview.com/2023/04/04/1070885/complex-math-counterfactuals-spotify-predict-finance-healthcare/

Judea Pearl, Turing award winner: #Causal Reasoning, #Counterfactuals, and the Path to Artificial General Intelligence AGI | Lex Fridman Podcast #56

“One cannot just understand the facts about a situation, one has to understand the causal strings that connect them.”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pEBI0vF45ic

#Counterfactuals: Mit komplexer #Mathematik zu besseren #Empfehlungsalgorithmen https://www.heise.de/hintergrund/Counterfactuals-Mit-komplexer-Mathematik-zu-besseren-Empfehlungsalgorithmen-8652360.html

Use the prompts to start conversations and explore the topics in more depth. Consider alternate outcomes, different perspectives, and other counterfactual scenarios. #creativewriting #prompting #counterfactuals #generativewriting

Create a prompt for each scenario and make sure to include elements such as dystopian societies, robots, and conspiracies. #creativewriting #prompting #counterfactuals #generativewriting

Brainstorm a list of topics that you would like to explore and consider potential counterfactual scenarios for each. #creativewriting #prompting #counterfactuals #generativewriting

Check out this training guide thread to help new users generate creative and engaging counterfactual prompts to explore topics in more depth and start conversations! #creativewriting #prompting #counterfactuals #generativewriting

@NanoRaptor The Daystar Digital „PowerGenesis CRISPR“ is a nice touch.

#counterfactuals #Apple

This is a fantastic piece of digital storytelling from the Australian ABC, talking #AlgorithmicAudits and #counterfactuals to interrogate #algorithms like ##Robodebt featuring @sandrawachter5@twitter.com

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-12-12/robodebt-algorithms-black-box-explainer/101215902