3 papers
cs.IT2026
Integrated Information in the Active Inference Framework
Carlotta Langer, Jesse van Oostrum, Nihat Ay
The active inference framework provides a principled approach to modeling sentient behavior. In this framework perception and action selection are treated in a unified way. The res…
cs.LG2025
On the Natural Gradient of the Evidence Lower Bound
Nihat Ay, Jesse van Oostrum, Adwait Datar
This article studies the Fisher-Rao gradient, also referred to as the natural gradient, of the evidence lower bound (ELBO) which plays a central role in generative machine learning…
cs.LG2025
A Concise Mathematical Description of Active Inference in Discrete Time
Jesse van Oostrum, Carlotta Langer, Nihat Ay
In this paper we present a concise mathematical description of active inference in discrete time. The main part of the paper serves as a basic introduction to the topic, including…