From Causal Parrots to Causal Counsel: When LLMs Argue with Data
Causal claims are cheap now. A model can look at variable names such as advertising spend, web traffic, sales conversion, and customer churn, then produce a causal story in seconds. The story may even sound sensible. That is precisely the problem. In business analytics, “sensible” is often the polite costume worn by “untested.” ...