3 research outputs found
Deep Causal Learning for Robotic Intelligence
This invited review discusses causal learning in the context of robotic
intelligence. The paper introduced the psychological findings on causal
learning in human cognition, then it introduced the traditional statistical
solutions on causal discovery and causal inference. The paper reviewed recent
deep causal learning algorithms with a focus on their architectures and the
benefits of using deep nets and discussed the gap between deep causal learning
and the needs of robotic intelligence
Deep Causal Learning: Representation, Discovery and Inference
Causal learning has attracted much attention in recent years because
causality reveals the essential relationship between things and indicates how
the world progresses. However, there are many problems and bottlenecks in
traditional causal learning methods, such as high-dimensional unstructured
variables, combinatorial optimization problems, unknown intervention,
unobserved confounders, selection bias and estimation bias. Deep causal
learning, that is, causal learning based on deep neural networks, brings new
insights for addressing these problems. While many deep learning-based causal
discovery and causal inference methods have been proposed, there is a lack of
reviews exploring the internal mechanism of deep learning to improve causal
learning. In this article, we comprehensively review how deep learning can
contribute to causal learning by addressing conventional challenges from three
aspects: representation, discovery, and inference. We point out that deep
causal learning is important for the theoretical extension and application
expansion of causal science and is also an indispensable part of general
artificial intelligence. We conclude the article with a summary of open issues
and potential directions for future work