How Judea Pearl Became One of AI's Sharpest Critics
>The language of algebra is symmetric: If x tells us about y, then y tells us about x. I’m talking about deterministic relationships. There’s no way to write in mathematics a simple fact—for example, that the upcoming storm causes the barometer to go down, and not the other way around.<p>Is this true?  It kind of blows my mind if it is.