Principles of Vasocomputation

Mike Johnson's 2023 framework unifying Buddhist phenomenology, Active Inference, and physical reflex; introduces tanha as mental motion.

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Mike Johnson
studies
Quality Research Institute, authored Principles of Vasocomputation, introduced branchial space concept in QRI context.
M.E. Johnson
introduces
Author of Principles of Vasocomputation; tanha-as-active-inference framework used to interpret contemplative prompt mechanism

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Tanha
implements
Buddhist concept of instinctive grasping for pleasant sensations and pushing away unpleasant ones; central to the paper's unification thesis.

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Active Inference
extends
Foundational framework by Karl Friston; the paper extends it to three hierarchical levels for modeling meta-awareness.

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A Conversation with Anima Labs, Part I: Phenomenology of Digital Minds
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The primary source paper, an interview article with Anima Labs members about language model phenomenology, published on smoothbrains.net and linked on LessWrong.

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