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Dr. Thomas Parr - Active Inference Book

Machine Learning Street Talk (MLST)

CHAPTER

Exploring the Intersection of Concepts

The chapter delves into the convergence of various ideas like surprise, statistics, and homeostasis through a unified lens, promoting multidisciplinary collaboration. It explores the free energy principle as a model for sentience, blending perspectives from cybernetics and activism. The discussion navigates the complexities of defining consciousness from materialistic and reductionist viewpoints, challenging conventional explanations and proposing new mathematical hypotheses.

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