Active inference offers a degree of plausibility as a process theory of brain function.

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• Active inference provides a principled account of epistemic exploration and intrinsic motivation as minimizing uncertainty.claim0.860
  §1, listing contributions.
• Friston, FitzGerald et al. (2017) — Active inference: A process theoryconcept0.856
  Companion paper to which readers are directed for detailed account of active inference scheme
• Active inference offers an attractive natural adaptation mechanism for non-stationary environments due to its Bayesian model updating properties.claim0.834
  §3, after non-stationary results.
• Active inference provides a framework (derived from first principles) for solving and understanding the behavior of autonomous agents.claim0.831
• Active inference is a normative principle underwriting perception, action, planning, decision-making and learning in biological or artificial agents.quote0.830
• "active inference separates the problems of optimizing action and perception by assuming that action fulfills predictions based on inferred states"quote0.824
• Active inference describes the dynamics of systems that persist at non-equilibrium steady-state and that can be statistically segregated from their environment via a Markov blanket.claim0.822
  Sets the theoretical grounding in Section 2.
• Active inference can be framed as the minimisation of surprise by perception and action.claim0.822
  Concise characterisation from Section 2.