The Book of Why: The New Science of Cause and Effect

An argument for how understanding causality has revolutionized science and will revolutionize artificial intelligence.

"Illuminating." —New York Times

"Extraordinary." —Science Friday

“Correlation is not causation.” This mantra, chanted by scientists for more than a century, once led to a virtual prohibition on causal talk. Today, with causal analysis taking center stage in AI and other applications, the old taboos are a thing of the past.

The causal revolution, instigated by Judea Pearl and...