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concept:value-of-informationValue of Information
Economic concept related to epistemic value in expected free energy; information needed to realize rewards
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Concepts (2)
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- valuerelated_toProbability of sensory input expected by an agent, aligning value maximization with surprise minimization.
- Epistemic Valueassociated_withExpected information gain about hidden states; drives curiosity and novelty-seeking; mutual information term in expected free energy.
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.
- Reduction in uncertainty about hidden states or parameters, driving exploration.
- Meaning that arises from relations within the graphical system, not inherent in elements.
- Negative of value, equated with free-energy and surprise.
- Spreadsheet-like rule defining how a rectangle's or object's value is computed; enables data-driven behavior across all Playground tools.
- Redefinition of value in probabilistic terms.
- Information held by one source but not others in PID.
- Proposed theoretical framework combining qualitative and quantitative aspects of information, with explicit treatment of processes and information flow; central organizing concept for the paper.
- Claim referencing Wittgenstein and later work that meaning of information depends on context.