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#033 Prof. Karl Friston - The Free Energy Principle
Machine Learning Street Talk (MLST)
The Free Energy Principle and the Bellman Optimality Principle
The free energy principle implies that non-equilibrium steady state systems must directly model such states of knowledge and maintain them according to the rules of probable inference. In other words, survival fitness requires inference. We have this very interesting point from Connor about there may be game theoretic pressures, let's say, to drive down accuracy in some sense. The free energy principle is a lot about the idea of wanting to gain information to create a better, more accurate model of the world around us. But there are situations in game theory and decision theory where that's not fitness enhancing.
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