“Whatever next? Predictive brains, situated agents, and the future of cognitive science.” Nice review article by Andy Clark, in Behavioral and Brain Sciences from 2013. It's a bit dated, do you know of any more recent related review papers on this subject? https://t.co/MlGHzvyv4N
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Several discussions highlight key themes from the publication, such as the concept that 'brains are essentially prediction machines.' Comments like 'it's a leading theory of how our brains work' and 'a nice survey of related neuroscience' illustrate a thoughtful analysis and genuine enthusiasm about the topic. The tone reflects a mixture of academic respect and excitement, which contributes to the overall positive sentiment and perception of impact.
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The overall sentiment suggests the paper is viewed as highly influential in shaping current discussions within cognitive science, as evidenced by repeated references and citations.
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- The text discusses the idea that brains function as predictive machines, constantly matching sensory inputs with expectations to guide perception and action.
- It critiques this hierarchical generative model, highlighting its potential as a unified framework for understanding cognition and behavior while also acknowledging challenges it faces.
- Finally, the text explores the implications of this predictive approach for our understanding of mind, experience, and agency.
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Most liked on X and Bluesky@BBSJournal is my favorite journal and Andy Clark's 2013 paper "Whatever next? Predictive brains, situated agents, and the future of cognitive science" in the pages of BBS is the paper that got me started on my current path. It feels like things have come full circle :)
@GaneshNatesh Since you're a doctoral student, I'll point you first to Andy Clark's terrific 2013 paper on the predictive brain in Behavioral and Brain Sciences. Full paper is downloadable. https://t.co/qObuGY3c4L
@hardmaru @douglas_eck @fluffycyborg As I've prob said many times on this website :) I'm also big fan of his 2013 paper "Whatever next? Predictive brains, situated agents... ". Nice survey of related neuroscience (mostly @FarlKriston :), (sometimes extravagant) extrapolations, then rebuttals https://t.co/y2sKHDX9fn
I think if I believed that predictive coding was really the way perception works I wouldn't be able to get out of bed in the morning. Living inside my head, w/ only electrical impulses, & no direct experience or connection with the environment around me. https://t.co/HwABpZKA06 https://t.co/mEpuUOWmxU
If you want to go deep on some of the theory behind that, which applies not just to FND but many brain disorders, check out the writings of Karl Friston, Andy Clark, Lisa Feldman Barrett, and Anil Seth. https://t.co/R1gCXer486
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อ้างอิง Badre, D., Doll, B. B., Long, N. M., & Frank, M. J. (2012). Rostrolateral prefrontal cortex and individual differences in uncertainty-driven exploration. Neuron, 73(3), 595-607. Clark, A. (2013). Whatever next? Predictive brains, situated agents, and the future of
Clark, Andy. “Whatever Next? Predictive Brains, Situated Agents, and the Future of Cognitive Science.” Behavioral and Brain Sciences 36, no. 3 (2013): 181–204. Deci, Edward L., and Richard M. Ryan. Intrinsic Motivation and Self-Determination in Human Behavior. New York: Plenum,
i was considering Clark’s ‘perceiving as predicting’ in Matthen, Biggs and Stokes edited volume “Perception and its Modalities”. Or possibly ‘whatever next? predictive brains, situated agents and the future of cog sci’ also by clark
https(:)//sci(-)hub(.)ru(/)10.1017/S0140525X12000477
@ESYudkowsky Predicting what's next is also what the brain does according to the Bayesian Brain hypothesis / Free Energy Principle (c.f. 'Whatever next? Predictive brains, situated agents, and the future of cognitive science' by @CogsAndy '13)
RT @rodjnaquin: This paper introduces and explores the theory of "predictive processing" as a fundamental principle of brain function. htt…
This paper introduces and explores the theory of "predictive processing" as a fundamental principle of brain function. https://t.co/e9QoKuRnfT This theory posits that the brain is constantly generating predictions about incoming sensory information based on past experiences
@chrmanning @JSEllenberg @jasondeanlee @strwbilly million token contexts are already deployed (eg gemini 1.5), and things are bound to improve further. The sequential prediction element seems more essential, … and ties into ideas outside of computer science and linguistics eg https://t.co/hAKrRYB4yF https://t.co/dG8ZUQk5vi
@scottfitzpatr13 I'm going to pinch that if you don't mind. Whatever next? Predictive brains, situated agents, and the future of cognitive science https://t.co/PgtVMbvHqm https://t.co/PgtVMbvHqm
@tomscott Just a note on 9:20 for anyone interested - neural predictive processing is far more than popscience junk. It's a leading theory of how our brains work, pioneered by experts such as Carl Friston, Andy Clark and Peter Kok https://t.co/Bc7CPyr2qQ
If you want to go deep on some of the theory behind that, which applies not just to FND but many brain disorders, check out the writings of Karl Friston, Andy Clark, Lisa Feldman Barrett, and Anil Seth. https://t.co/R1gCXer486
Clark, A. (2013). Whatever next? Predictive brains, situated agents, and the future of cognitive science. Behavioral and Brain Sciences, 36, 181–253. #DeepLearning #Reasoning #Systems #SoulSight @MichaelDell @DellTechAPEX $DELL $VMW $BAC https://t.co/ikfPguxGKV
This one is a bit academic, but it's long and free. https://t.co/3WPkJSNHxJ
@robertjwhitney @PeterEastern @_heatgeek @theolodian @HeatCalculation @ramcq @rboydo @TrystanLea @Zarch1972 @kenbone44 @Zapaman @RichMWPHS I'll think you'll find "gut feeling" is incredibly important. Without it humans possibly wouldn't have survived so well as a species. Intuition involves huge amounts of brain power: that clever thing no machine can yet match
@drlaurenhoward Clark A. Whatever next? Predictive brains, situated agents, and the future of cognitive science. Behav Brain Sci. 2013 Jun;36(3):181-204. doi: 10.1017/S0140525X12000477. Epub 2013 May 10. PMID: 23663408. (Also not dead)
RT @ShakeyWaits: I think if I believed that predictive coding was really the way perception works I wouldn't be able to get out of bed in t…
RT @ShakeyWaits: I think if I believed that predictive coding was really the way perception works I wouldn't be able to get out of bed in t…
I think if I believed that predictive coding was really the way perception works I wouldn't be able to get out of bed in the morning. Living inside my head, w/ only electrical impulses, & no direct experience or connection with the environment around me. https://t.co/HwABpZKA06 https://t.co/mEpuUOWmxU
3)The very popular "Predictive Coding". But has this been developed/applied to perceptual-motor control? https://t.co/HwABpZKA06
RT @judystout1: Whatever next? Predictive brains, situated agents, and the future of cognitive science https://t.co/xFYZYesJXD
Whatever next? Predictive brains, situated agents, and the future of cognitive science https://t.co/xFYZYesJXD
RT @mjdramstead: @BBSJournal is my favorite journal and Andy Clark's 2013 paper "Whatever next? Predictive brains, situated agents, and the…
RT @mjdramstead: @BBSJournal is my favorite journal and Andy Clark's 2013 paper "Whatever next? Predictive brains, situated agents, and the…
@BBSJournal is my favorite journal and Andy Clark's 2013 paper "Whatever next? Predictive brains, situated agents, and the future of cognitive science" in the pages of BBS is the paper that got me started on my current path. It feels like things have come full circle :)
@SellarsRespectr @philosoraptor Interestingly, Clark walks back some of his externalism in his defense of active inference. Specifically, he appeals to bandwidth considerations to argue that consciousness must be processed in brains, and doesn't happen outside the head. https://t.co/GHITbO9Sdl
https://t.co/GGF38MUfrX
RT @guerillagirl_: @MrAlanCooper favorite citation in this context: “brains (...) are essentially prediction machines (...)” ; Clark, 2013…
RT @guerillagirl_: @MrAlanCooper favorite citation in this context: “brains (...) are essentially prediction machines (...)” ; Clark, 2013…
RT @hardmaru: “Whatever next? Predictive brains, situated agents, and the future of cognitive science.” Nice review article by Andy Clark,…
@MrAlanCooper favorite citation in this context: “brains (...) are essentially prediction machines (...)” ; Clark, 2013 https://t.co/IpJojAun1Y
RT @danieljamesyon: @Trivium21c Yes, @fluffycyborg has done lots on this area - you might be interested this piece of his in @BBSJournal a…
RT @danieljamesyon: @Trivium21c Yes, @fluffycyborg has done lots on this area - you might be interested this piece of his in @BBSJournal a…
@Trivium21c Yes, @fluffycyborg has done lots on this area - you might be interested this piece of his in @BBSJournal and the commentaries attached to the article https://t.co/4EwljE3yoR
@marcolin91 @joe_dewhurst @IrisVanRooij @theblub @mjdramstead @ConstantAxel Clark summarizes these arguments nicely in this 2013 paper, which I feel is required reading to appreciate the force of Friston's position against the enactivists: "Whatever next? Predictive brains, situated agents, and the future of cognitive science" https://t.co/kk5f37MPYf
RT @memotv: @hardmaru @douglas_eck @fluffycyborg As I've prob said many times on this website :) I'm also big fan of his 2013 paper "Whatev…
RT @LFeldmanBarrett: @GaneshNatesh Since you're a doctoral student, I'll point you first to Andy Clark's terrific 2013 paper on the predict…
RT @LFeldmanBarrett: @GaneshNatesh Since you're a doctoral student, I'll point you first to Andy Clark's terrific 2013 paper on the predict…
RT @LFeldmanBarrett: @GaneshNatesh Since you're a doctoral student, I'll point you first to Andy Clark's terrific 2013 paper on the predict…
@GaneshNatesh Since you're a doctoral student, I'll point you first to Andy Clark's terrific 2013 paper on the predictive brain in Behavioral and Brain Sciences. Full paper is downloadable. https://t.co/qObuGY3c4L
@neuroicudoc @ramit @DrJenGunter Indeed, it’s fundamental to how our brains work. We pay attention to and learn from prediction errors. At least, we learn if lots of other things don’t get in the way (e.g., the errors going against what we consider core to our identity or social group): https://t.co/abTdajwSuC
RT @memotv: @hardmaru @douglas_eck @fluffycyborg As I've prob said many times on this website :) I'm also big fan of his 2013 paper "Whatev…
@hardmaru @douglas_eck @fluffycyborg As I've prob said many times on this website :) I'm also big fan of his 2013 paper "Whatever next? Predictive brains, situated agents... ". Nice survey of related neuroscience (mostly @FarlKriston :), (sometimes extravagant) extrapolations, then rebuttals https://t.co/y2sKHDX9fn
RT @hardmaru: “Whatever next? Predictive brains, situated agents, and the future of cognitive science.” Nice review article by Andy Clark,…
RT @hardmaru: “Whatever next? Predictive brains, situated agents, and the future of cognitive science.” Nice review article by Andy Clark,…
RT @hardmaru: “Whatever next? Predictive brains, situated agents, and the future of cognitive science.” Nice review article by Andy Clark,…
RT @hardmaru: “Whatever next? Predictive brains, situated agents, and the future of cognitive science.” Nice review article by Andy Clark,…
RT @hardmaru: “Whatever next? Predictive brains, situated agents, and the future of cognitive science.” Nice review article by Andy Clark,…
RT @hardmaru: “Whatever next? Predictive brains, situated agents, and the future of cognitive science.” Nice review article by Andy Clark,…
RT @hardmaru: “Whatever next? Predictive brains, situated agents, and the future of cognitive science.” Nice review article by Andy Clark,…
RT @hardmaru: “Whatever next? Predictive brains, situated agents, and the future of cognitive science.” Nice review article by Andy Clark,…
RT @hardmaru: “Whatever next? Predictive brains, situated agents, and the future of cognitive science.” Nice review article by Andy Clark,…
RT @hardmaru: “Whatever next? Predictive brains, situated agents, and the future of cognitive science.” Nice review article by Andy Clark,…
RT @hardmaru: “Whatever next? Predictive brains, situated agents, and the future of cognitive science.” Nice review article by Andy Clark,…
RT @hardmaru: “Whatever next? Predictive brains, situated agents, and the future of cognitive science.” Nice review article by Andy Clark,…
RT @hardmaru: “Whatever next? Predictive brains, situated agents, and the future of cognitive science.” Nice review article by Andy Clark,…
RT @hardmaru: “Whatever next? Predictive brains, situated agents, and the future of cognitive science.” Nice review article by Andy Clark,…
RT @hardmaru: “Whatever next? Predictive brains, situated agents, and the future of cognitive science.” Nice review article by Andy Clark,…
RT @hardmaru: “Whatever next? Predictive brains, situated agents, and the future of cognitive science.” Nice review article by Andy Clark,…
RT @hardmaru: “Whatever next? Predictive brains, situated agents, and the future of cognitive science.” Nice review article by Andy Clark,…
RT @hardmaru: “Whatever next? Predictive brains, situated agents, and the future of cognitive science.” Nice review article by Andy Clark,…
RT @hardmaru: “Whatever next? Predictive brains, situated agents, and the future of cognitive science.” Nice review article by Andy Clark,…
“Whatever next? Predictive brains, situated agents, and the future of cognitive science.” Nice review article by Andy Clark, in Behavioral and Brain Sciences from 2013. It's a bit dated, do you know of any more recent related review papers on this subject? https://t.co/MlGHzvyv4N
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RT @eripsa: @sir_deenicus @PabloRedux @morungos @gifts_of_fire Also, this overview of the current state of cognitive science research from…