The free energy principle induces neuromorphic development
Neuromorphic Computing and Engineering, 2022 Abstract We show how any finite physical system with morphological, i.e. three-dimensional embedding or shape, degrees of freedom and locally limited free energy will, under the constraints of the free energy principle, evolve over time towards a neuromorphic morphology that supports hierarchical computations in which each ‘level’ of the
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Predictive coding under the free-energy principle [PDF]
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 2009 This paper considers prediction and perceptual categorization as an inference problem that is solved by the brain. We assume that the brain models the world as a hierarchy or cascade of dynamical systems that encode causal structure in the sensorium. Perception is equated with the optimization or inversion of these internal models, to explain sensory ...
Friston, K., Kiebel, S.
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An Integrated World Modeling Theory (IWMT) of Consciousness: Combining Integrated Information and Global Neuronal Workspace Theories With the Free Energy Principle and Active Inference Framework; Toward Solving the Hard Problem and Characterizing Agentic Causation. [PDF]
Front Artif Intell, 2020 Safron A.
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Teleosemantics and the free energy principle
Biology & Philosophy, 2022 AbstractThe free energy principle is notoriously difficult to understand. In this paper, we relate the principle to a framework that philosophers of biology are familiar with: Ruth Millikan’s teleosemantics. We argue that: (i) systems that minimise free energy are systems with a proper function; and (ii) Karl Friston’s notion of implicit modelling can ...
Stephen Francis Mann, Ross Pain
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How Not to Argue about the Compatibility of Predictive Processing and 4E Cognition [PDF]
Organon F, 2021 In theories of cognition, 4E approaches to cognition are seen to refrain from employing robust representations in contrast to Predictive Process, where such posits are utilized extensively.
Yavuz Recep Başoğlu
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A free energy principle for generic quantum systems
Progress in Biophysics and Molecular Biology, 2022 57 pgs, 6 ...
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Philosophies, 2021 A weak version of the life-mind continuity thesis entails that every living system also has a basic mind (with a non-representational form of intentionality).
Wanja Wiese, Karl J. Friston
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The Energy Homeostasis Principle: A Naturalistic Approach to Explain the Emergence of Behavior
Frontiers in Systems Neuroscience, 2022 It is still elusive to explain the emergence of behavior and understanding based on its neural mechanisms. One renowned proposal is the Free Energy Principle (FEP), which uses an information-theoretic framework derived from thermodynamic considerations ...
Sergio Vicencio-Jimenez +3 more
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Stochastic surprisal: An inferential measurement of free energy in neural networks
Frontiers in Neuroscience, 2023 This paper conjectures and validates a framework that allows for action during inference in supervised neural networks. Supervised neural networks are constructed with the objective to maximize their performance metric in any given task.
Mohit Prabhushankar, Ghassan AlRegib
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Reclaiming saliency: Rhythmic precision-modulated action and perception
Frontiers in Neurorobotics, 2022 Computational models of visual attention in artificial intelligence and robotics have been inspired by the concept of a saliency map. These models account for the mutual information between the (current) visual information and its estimated causes ...
Ajith Anil Meera +5 more
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