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claim:emptiness-is-resonant-with-the-predictive-processing-approach-where-perceptions-are-constructed-models-rather-than-direct-apprehensions-of-realityEmptiness is resonant with the predictive processing approach where perceptions are constructed models rather than direct apprehensions of reality
Key theoretical bridge connecting Buddhist emptiness doctrine to computational neuroscience
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extracted_from(2025) · Ruben Laukkonen · Fionn Inglis · Shamil Chandaria · Lars Sandved-Smith +4
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- Meta-statement about the paper's content.
- Empirical prediction from the model: brain dynamics change after the transition.
- Novel claim that emptiness is not mysterious metaphysics for AI but a computational commonplace
- Pre-empts the objection that emptiness realisation dissolves the agent's ability to model reality
- The paper argues for a mathematical link.
- Proposed identification between philosophical traditions enabling formal translation of contemplative insight
- The paper's primary contribution: formalising Buddhist awakening as BMR of the separation prior sigma
- Direct equivalence claim between model reduction and enlightenment.