Any system minimizing free energy will appear to engage in implicit Bayesian inference of hidden external causes.

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• By minimising variational free energy, agents perform approximate Bayesian inference.claim0.860
  Describes the epistemic function of variational free energy.
• Any system that exists will appear to minimize free energy and therefore engage in active inference.claim0.853
  The reworked argument that free energy minimization is a corollary of existence, not a prerequisite.
• Any system that exists will appear to minimize free energy and therefore engage in active inference. Furthermore, this apparently inferential or mindful behaviour is (almost) inevitable.concept0.839
  Friston's key assertion resolving the tautology: existence implies free energy minimization, making inference inevitable.
• "A system can minimize free-energy by changing its configuration to change the way it samples the environment, or to change its expectations. These changes correspond to action and perception respectively."concept0.808
  Load-bearing definition of how action and perception implement free energy minimization.
• 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.claim0.792
  Formalization of perception-action cycle integrating inference and decision-making.
• Minimising expected free energy ensures preferred outcomes are realised, thereby avoiding surprise on average.claim0.792
  How expected free energy links to survival.
• Curiosity, insight, decision-making, and diverse phenomena can all be accommodated by a single imperative: minimization of expected free energy (resolution of uncertainty).claim0.789
  Central thesis of the paper unifying cognitive phenomena under one objective function
• Biological agents use a process theory of active inference where neuronal dynamics correspond to variational free energy minimisation for perception and expected free energy minimisation for action.hypothesis0.779
  The core process theory hypothesis set up in the paper.