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question:how-best-to-understand-the-function-and-properties-of-generative-and-recognition-models-under-the-fep-given-active-processesHow best to understand the function and properties of generative and recognition models under the FEP given active processes?
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extracted_from(2020) · Maxwell J. D. Ramstead · Michael D. Kirchhoff · Karl J. Friston
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- Core claim: generative models regulate organism behavior to maintain phenotypic bounds, not represent external world
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- Identifies an outstanding problem, Section 10.
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