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AIBearisharXiv – CS AI · 2d ago7/10

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Thinking Fast, Thinking Wrong: Intuitiveness Modulates LLM Counterfactual Reasoning in Policy Evaluation

A new study reveals that large language models fail at counterfactual reasoning when policy findings contradict intuitive expectations, despite performing well on obvious cases. The research demonstrates that chain-of-thought prompting paradoxically worsens performance on counter-intuitive scenarios, suggesting current LLMs engage in 'slow talking' rather than genuine deliberative reasoning.

AINeutralarXiv – CS AI · 6d ago6/10

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CAFP: A Post-Processing Framework for Group Fairness via Counterfactual Model Averaging

Researchers introduce CAFP, a post-processing framework that mitigates algorithmic bias by averaging predictions across factual and counterfactual versions of inputs where sensitive attributes are flipped. The model-agnostic approach eliminates the need for retraining or architectural modifications, making fairness interventions practical for deployed systems in high-stakes domains like credit scoring and criminal justice.

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AINeutralarXiv – CS AI · Mar 27/1013

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Causal Identification from Counterfactual Data: Completeness and Bounding Results

Researchers developed the CTFIDU+ algorithm for causal identification using counterfactual data, establishing theoretical limits for exact causal inference in non-parametric settings. The work extends previous completeness results by incorporating Layer 3 counterfactual distributions that can be experimentally obtained, and provides novel bounds for non-identifiable quantities.