Refining the connection between the free-energy principle and the information-geometric elucidation may open a circuit for empirical testing.

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• The free energy principle can serve as a unifying hypothesis for investigating the developmental origins of self-awarenessclaim0.793
  Broad theoretical claim connecting the model's success to the FEP as a unifying framework
• Acting to optimize value and perception are two aspects of exactly the same principle: minimization of free energy.claim0.793
  Foundational claim unifying action and perception within single optimization framework.
• The Free Energy Principle applies to all self-organizing systems including rocks, making it too broad; the present thesis restricts consciousness to signed evaluation in the service of learningclaim0.791
  Differentiation of the thesis from Friston's FEP to avoid the rock problem
• Expected free energy decomposes into risk (exploitation) and ambiguity (exploration) terms, providing optimal balance between goal-seeking and novelty-seeking.claim0.782
  Key insight into structure of decision-making; explains intrinsic motivation and curiosity.
• The expected free energy subsumes many existing constructs in science and engineering.claim0.778
  Unifying nature of expected free energy claimed in Section 2 and 7.
• Any system that exists will appear to minimize free energy and therefore engage in active inference.claim0.778
  The reworked argument that free energy minimization is a corollary of existence, not a prerequisite.
• Can The Free Energy Principle Be Extended Toquestion0.773
• By minimising variational free energy, agents perform approximate Bayesian inference.claim0.772
  Describes the epistemic function of variational free energy.