Vicente Raja & Jeff Beck ~ Active Inference Insights 007 ~ The Markov Blanket Trick Debate
Active Inference Insights
FEP as 'As If' Inference
- The Free Energy Principle (FEP) can describe a system's dynamics as if it performs Bayesian inference.
- This 'as if' description applies even to simple systems like rocks, though their inference isn't complex.
- An information-theoretic approach to FEP avoids suggesting rocks literally perform inference, focusing on their behavior.
- FEP's power lies in explaining behavior through boundary statistics without needing a complex internal model.
- The 'as if' nature of the principle clarifies it's not about literal internal computation but about observed behavior.
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