causal-learn+:智能体应辅助因果发现而非提供因果结论
阅读原文· arxiv.org当前将大语言模型(LLM)与因果发现结合的做法,常让模型推断边方向、提出图结构或注入先验与约束,但这混淆了数据与假设支撑的证据与文本关联、提示词产物及幻觉机制。本文主张智能体应扮演辅助角色:检查数据、检索上下文、解释方法假设并澄清图输出,而不应提供边、方向、先验、约束或因果结论。因果主张必须基于数据、显式假设、正式算法、诊断及用户/领域专家决策。该原则在causal-learn+在线平台中实现,协调数据分析、预处理、方法推荐等。Big Five人格数据案例展示了无需LLM不可靠性的智能体辅助因果发现流程。平台地址causallearn.com。
Recent attempts to combine large language models (LLMs) with causal discovery ask models to infer pairwise directions, propose graph structures, or inject language-model outputs as priors and constraints. These approaches promise faster analysis, but they also obscure whether a causal evidence is supported by data and assumptions or by textual associations, prompt artifacts and hallucinated mechanisms. We argue for a different role for agents in causal discovery. Agents should inspect data, retrieve context, explain method assumptions and clarify graph outputs, but they should not supply edges, orientations, priors, constraints or causal conclusions. We propose the principle that agents assist the workflow, while causal claims remain grounded in data, explicit assumptions, formal algorithms, diagnostics and user or domain-expert decisions. We instantiate this principle in causal-learn+, an online platform that coordinates data analysis, preprocessing, method recommendation, expert-knowledge incorporation, formal discovery and interpretation around the algorithmic ecosystem of causal-learn. A case study on Big Five personality data illustrates agent-assisted pipeline of causal discovery without turning language-model unreliability into causal evidence. The platform is available at causallearn.com.