The expected free energy subsumes many existing constructs in science and engineering.

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• The expected free energy can be unpacked in terms of risk and ambiguity.claim0.850
  A key decomposition presented in Section 7.
• Expected free energy scores each possible course of action in terms of its ability to reach the range of preferred states of being.claim0.836
  Definitional claim from Section 2.
• Risk (Expected Free Energy)concept0.821
  KL divergence between predicted and preferred final states or outcomes.
• Expected free energy decomposes into risk (exploitation) and ambiguity (exploration) terms, providing optimal balance between goal-seeking and novelty-seeking.claim0.818
  Key insight into structure of decision-making; explains intrinsic motivation and curiosity.
• Minimising expected free energy ensures preferred outcomes are realised, thereby avoiding surprise on average.claim0.815
  How expected free energy links to survival.
• The Free Energy Principle applies to all self-organizing systems including rocks, making it too broad; the present thesis restricts consciousness to signed evaluation in the service of learningclaim0.813
  Differentiation of the thesis from Friston's FEP to avoid the rock problem
• Ambiguity (Expected Free Energy)concept0.808
  Expected entropy of outcomes given states; resolved by selecting states that yield unambiguous outcomes.
• Expected Free Energyconcept0.806
  Free energy expected under future outcomes; guides policy selection via epistemic and extrinsic value.