The Free Energy Principle

A lot of people are now thinking about well what kinds of systems and what kinds of gerative models would license you to draw a bright line between non-living versus biotic systems. To what extent can they be thought of as agents and having a degree of autonomy and then within those to what extent can you ascribe them sentience or consciousness? I think it's a really great question in answer to your question i would very simply say that systems that look as if they comply with the free energy principle do not possess active states.