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concept:precision-parameterPrecision Parameter (γ)
Core mechanism across all three levels; inverse variance controlling how much the system trusts evidence at each hierarchical level.
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Frameworks (1)
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- Novel framework introduced by this paper: three-level generative model (perception, attention, meta-awareness) for formalizing consciousness of one's own attentional states.
Claims (2)
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- Precision is the unified mechanism for attention and meta-awareness across hierarchical levels.aboutCore theoretical claim: attention = precision over sensory evidence; meta-awareness = precision over attentional states; meditation = precision modulation.
- Novel computational translation of the Buddhist doctrine of impermanence into active inference parameters
Concepts (4)
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- free energyassociated_withThermodynamic potential ΔF = ΔE − TΔS; domain walls form if ΔF < 0
- Meta-Awarenessassociated_withSystem's awareness of its own attentional states; the paper's central explanatory target, formalized as precision over attentional state representations.
- Impermanenceassociated_with
- Attentional Stateassociated_withHigher-order generative model variables modulating perceptual precision; subject to policy selection (deliberate shifts of attention).
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cosine ≥ 0.65 · no typed edgeEntities in the same semantic neighborhood but without a typed relation to this one — candidates for new edges or unrecognized duplicates.
- The inverse precision (γ = 1/β) that scales the influence of expected free energy on policy selection, controlling exploration-exploitation balance.
- Direct editing of model parameters, enabled by VPD's decomposition, for manual model editing.
- Parameter specific to each task, e.g., task head.
- Criterion requiring that model's description of internal state be accurate, distinguishing genuine introspection from confabulation.
- Encoding of prediction confidence; proposed role for dopamine beyond reward signalling.
- Gold standard value (e.g., nucleus sampling p-value) used as ground truth for evaluating diversity metrics