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Ask HN: Alternative to Causal for probabilistic spreadsheet models

It looks like Causal (https://causal.app) has pivoted to focus on businesses. There are a lot use cases for individual users to build models with probabilistic parameters that are no longer possible due to the high cost (example: https://netlify.causal.app/buy).Is there another spreadsheet + probabilistic model parameter tool available for individual users?

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Re:Stock Portfolio Checkup by Cotter AI on Saturday January 13, 2024 @05:02PM (#38985061)
No transparency here. What is it considering to come up with these scores? Are they prioritizing growth, value, financial health, or something else?
Haven't read the paper yet, but it's clear that the brain is much more sample efficient than artificial neural networks. We should be spending more time on figuring out why than scaling up LLMs.
I'm risking just posting another process that you might have seen, but I thought it was helpful. Maybe you or someone else will too.

Farnam Street annual review https://fs.blog/annual-review/ (Direct link without giving your email: https://fsmisc.s3.ca-central-1.amazonaws.com/2022+AR.pdf)

Re:Ask HN: Share your personal site on Wednesday April 06, 2022 @08:01PM (#30939012)
https://sullivantm.com/

Mostly me writing about different machine learning ideas (and other topics) I'm exploring. It might be useful to others, but the primary reason is writing helps me understand things better and reveal which parts I don't.

I know you asked for books, but this Knowledge Project podcast is too good to leave out if you haven't heard it.

https://fs.blog/knowledge-project-podcast/the-ultimate-barga...