Causal Inference with Large Language Model: A Survey

Jing Ma


Abstract
Causal inference has been a pivotal challenge across diverse domains such as medicine and economics, demanding a complicated integration of human knowledge, mathematical reasoning, and data mining capabilities. Recent advancements in natural language processing (NLP), particularly with the advent of large language models (LLMs), have introduced promising opportunities for traditional causal inference tasks. This paper reviews recent progress in applying LLMs to causal inference, encompassing various tasks spanning different levels of causation. We summarize the main causal problems and approaches, and present a comparison of their evaluation results in different causal scenarios. Furthermore, we discuss key findings and outline directions for future research, underscoring the potential implications of integrating LLMs in advancing causal inference methodologies.
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2025.findings-naacl.327
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Findings of the Association for Computational Linguistics: NAACL 2025
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April
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2025
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Albuquerque, New Mexico
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Luis Chiruzzo, Alan Ritter, Lu Wang
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Association for Computational Linguistics
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5886–5898
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10.18653/v1/2025.findings-naacl.327
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Jing Ma. 2025. Causal Inference with Large Language Model: A Survey. In Findings of the Association for Computational Linguistics: NAACL 2025, pages 5886–5898, Albuquerque, New Mexico. Association for Computational Linguistics.
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