Epistemic frontiers and the distinction between causality, information, and predictability in pattern recognition
Pablo Neirz, Héctor Allende, Carolina Saavedra • Scientific Reports
(2026)
Abstract High predictive accuracy is frequently misinterpreted as evidence of causal understanding or population-level signal. Models can exploit spurious correlations, confounding, or protocol-induced artefacts, while post-hoc explanations...
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10.1038/s41598-026-52883-z