PIRSA:23040112

Causal Scenarios: the Interesting, the Boring and the Elusive

Pusey, M. (2023). Causal Scenarios: the Interesting, the Boring and the Elusive. Perimeter Institute. https://pirsa.org/23040112

Pusey, Matthew. Causal Scenarios: the Interesting, the Boring and the Elusive. Perimeter Institute, Apr. 18, 2023, https://pirsa.org/23040112 

          @misc{ pirsa_PIRSA:23040112,
            doi = {10.48660/23040112},
            url = {https://pirsa.org/23040112},
            author = {Pusey, Matthew},
            keywords = {Quantum Foundations},
            language = {en},
            title = {Causal Scenarios: the Interesting, the Boring and the Elusive},
            publisher = {Perimeter Institute},
            year = {2023},
            month = {apr},
            note = {PIRSA:23040112 see, \url{https://pirsa.org}}
          }

Matthew Pusey University of York

DOI 10.48660/23040112
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Abstract

I will sketch the current state of play with classifying causal scenarios (aka DAGs with latent variables). Some are interesting: the classical correlations are constrained by non-trivial inequalities such as Bell’s. Some are boring: the classical correlations are constrained only by observable conditional independencies. Some we still don’t know. Along the way I will mention joint work with Joe Henson, Ray Lal, Shashaank Khanna, Marina Ansanelli and Elie Wolfe, and disjoint work by Robin Evans.