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concept:self-other-distinctionSelf-Other Distinction
The implicit capacity the self-prior implements by assigning high density to familiar self-states and low density to non-self states
Neighborhood — ranked by edge-count
Frameworks (1)
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- Self-PriorimplementsThe key novel contribution: an internal model that learns the density of familiar multisensory experiences and drives mark-removal behavior through mismatch with the free energy principle
Concepts (3)
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- Self-Other Overlaprelated_toThe extent to which a model exhibits similar internal representations when reasoning about itself and others in similar contexts
- Self-Other Boundaryrelated_toConceptual distinction between self and environment that non-duality dissolves; key target for alignment-by-design
- Prior model using active inference for self-other distinction in mirror setting; lacks motivation source
Related by similarity (8)
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.
- Steinbeis 2016 - The role of self-other distinction in understanding others' mental and emotional statesconcept0.800Neuroscience reference on importance of self-other distinctions for social cognition; cited in discussion of preserving useful distinctions
- Process of reifying one's identity as an independent self; meditation practices aim to decrease selfing.
- Structural and functional property exhibited by living systems but currently absent from most engineered machines.
- Phenomenon of spontaneous long-range order emerging from local interactions; central phenomenon explained by topological constraints
- The ability of reasoning LLMs to review and revise previous reasoning steps during inference
- Related technique improving multi-agent learning by predicting others' actions using an agent's own policy