5 papers
The Complex Brain Hypothesis: Resolving the Entropy-Content Conundrum in Minimal Phenomenal Experience
Jonas Mago, Edmundo Lopez-Sola, Jakub Vohryzek +4
Minimal Phenomenal Experiences (MPEs) are states of consciousness in which wakefulness is preserved but phenomenal content is low or absent. The Entropic Brain Hypothesis (EBH) is…
EcoNet: Multiagent Planning and Control Of Household Energy Resources Using Active Inference
John C. Boik, Kobus Esterhuysen, Jacqueline B. Hynes +5
Advances in automated systems afford new opportunities for intelligent management of energy at household, local area, and utility scales. Home Energy Management Systems (HEMS) can…
On the map-territory fallacy fallacy
Maxwell J D Ramstead, Dalton A R Sakthivadivel, Karl J Friston
This paper presents a meta-theory of the usage of the free energy principle (FEP) and examines its scope in the modelling of physical systems. We consider the so-called `map-territ…
Active Inference Tree Search in Large POMDPs
Domenico Maisto, Francesco Gregoretti, Karl Friston +1
The ability to plan ahead efficiently is key for both living organisms and artificial systems. Model-based planning and prospection are widely studied in cognitive neuroscience and…
Collective behavior from surprise minimization
Conor Heins, Beren Millidge, Lancelot da Costa +3
Collective motion is ubiquitous in nature; groups of animals, such as fish, birds, and ungulates appear to move as a whole, exhibiting a rich behavioral repertoire that ranges from…