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cs.AI2022★ 42 cited

Designing Ecosystems of Intelligence from First Principles

Karl J Friston, Maxwell J D Ramstead, Alex B Kiefer +17

This white paper lays out a vision of research and development in the field of artificial intelligence for the next decade (and beyond). Its denouement is a cyber-physical ecosyste…

nlin.AO2022★ 115 cited

Path integrals, particular kinds, and strange things

Karl Friston, Lancelot Da Costa, Dalton A. R. Sakthivadivel +4

This paper describes a path integral formulation of the free energy principle. The ensuing account expresses the paths or trajectories that a particle takes as it evolves over time…

q-bio.NC2022★ 1 cited

One person's modus ponens...: Comment on "The Markov blanket trick: On the scope of the free energy principle and active inference" by Raja and colleagues (2021)

Maxwell J. D Ramstead

In this comment on "The Markov blanket trick: On the scope of the free energy principle and active inference" by Raja and colleagues (2021) in Physics of Life Reviews, I argue that…

physics.class-ph2022★ 6 cited

A Worked Example of the Bayesian Mechanics of Classical Objects

Dalton A R Sakthivadivel

Bayesian mechanics is a new approach to studying the mathematics and physics of interacting stochastic processes. Here, we provide a worked example of a physical mechanics for clas…

cond-mat.stat-mech2022★ 3 cited

Regarding Flows Under the Free Energy Principle: A Comment on "How Particular is the Physics of the Free Energy Principle?" by Aguilera, Millidge, Tschantz, and Buckley

Dalton A R Sakthivadivel

In a recent technical critique of the free energy principle (FEP) due to Aguilera-Millidge-Tschantz-Buckley, it is argued that there are a number of instances where the FEP$\unicod…

cond-mat.stat-mech2022★ 5 cited

Sparse coupling and Markov blankets: A comment on "How particular is the physics of the Free Energy Principle?" by Aguilera, Millidge, Tschantz and Buckley

Conor Heins, Lancelot Da Costa

In this commentary, we respond to a technical analysis of the Free Energy Principle (hereafter: FEP) presented in "How particular is the physics of the Free Energy Principle" by Ag…

q-bio.NC2022★ 1 cited

Particular flows and attracting sets: A comment on "How particular is the physics of the Free Energy Principle?" by Aguilera, Millidge, Tschantz and Buckley

Conor Heins

In this commentary, I expand on the analysis of the recent article "How particular is the physics of the Free Energy Principle?" by Aguilera et al. by studying the flow fields of l…

cond-mat.stat-mech2022★ 119 cited

On Bayesian Mechanics: A Physics of and by Beliefs

Maxwell J. D. Ramstead, Dalton A. R. Sakthivadivel, Conor Heins +5

The aim of this paper is to introduce a field of study that has emerged over the last decade called Bayesian mechanics. Bayesian mechanics is a probabilistic mechanics, comprising…

cond-mat.stat-mech2022★ 2 cited

Some Minimal Notes on Notation and Minima: A Comment on "How Particular is the Physics of the Free Energy Principle?" by Aguilera, Millidge, Tschantz, and Buckley

Maxwell J D Ramstead, Dalton A R Sakthivadivel

We comment on a technical critique of the free energy principle in linear systems by Aguilera, Millidge, Tschantz, and Buckley, entitled "How Particular is the Physics of the Free…

cs.AI2022★ 2 cited

pymdp: A Python library for active inference in discrete state spaces

Conor Heins, Beren Millidge, Daphne Demekas +4

Active inference is an account of cognition and behavior in complex systems which brings together action, perception, and learning under the theoretical mantle of Bayesian inferenc…