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- Bayesian Inference(method)
- Collective Intelligence(concept)
- Empowerment(concept)
- Enactivism(framework)
- Free Energy Principle(framework)
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- Homeostasis(concept)
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- Koan Battery(method)
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- Morphogenesis As Bayesian Inference(framework)
- Selflet(concept)
- Stress Care Intelligence Loop(framework)
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- Dalton Sakthivadivel(thinker)
- Karl J. Friston(thinker)
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- Active inference agents exhibit information-seeking behavior and learn behaviors in reward-free environments via preference learning.(claim)
- Agents perceive by minimizing variational free energy to ensure model consistency with past observations and act by minimizing expected free energy to make future sensations consistent with preferences.(claim)
- Behavior prescribed by active inference dynamics is approximately Bayes-optimal.(claim)
- Natural exploration-exploitation trade-offs emerge automatically from expected free energy minimization without hyperparameter tuning.(claim)
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