Psychophysical identity and free energy, preprint from Alex Kiefer @exilefaker. Free energy principle meets Jack Smart's mind-body identity theory. (Mathematically detailed but understandable too!) https://t.co/UaQdc0pBO7
Psychophysical identity and free energy.
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Discussions highlight enthusiasm for the article's exploration of free energy and psychophysical identity using phrases like 'awesome', 'amazing', and 'excited', demonstrating high interest and engagement. The tone and examples, such as references to the paper's connection to thermodynamics and philosophy, reveal a community deeply engaged with the scientific concepts and their broader implications.
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- This text discusses a brain model that uses the concept of free energy from thermodynamics to explain how the brain processes information, suggesting that the brain's energy regulation directly relates to how it makes predictions and recognizes patterns.
- It emphasizes that for this model to work, the brain needs to encode information in a stochastic (randomly variable) way across large groups of neurons, which helps in optimizing inference processes similar to Bayesian methods.
- The ideas connect to philosophical and psychological theories like mind-brain identity and Gestalt psychology, which propose that mental processes and physical brain activity are fundamentally linked or mirror each other.]
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Most liked on X and BlueskyActInfLab Livestream #022.1 ~ Psychophysical identity and free energy https://t.co/kYmg01NbpF with @exilefaker @Vyatlev @StephenSillett and more!
Amazing discussion of my paper and the issues surrounding it with @InferenceActive, @shadeofbleu and Dean from Calgary--hope to carry this exploratory, inquisitive vibe over to the conversation tomorrow morning :) https://t.co/KDnykMQYT6
@jim_rutt @speakerjohnash @DerringerPax Awesome, looking forward to it. As to Free Energy -- this is a great topic. In short, the FE in FEP is an informational free energy functional. Not a Gibbs metaphor, but it rhymes. Also see: https://t.co/dolaDq84n5 "Psychophysical identity and free energy" by @exilefaker
May 13th at 1710 UTC is ActInfLab Livestream #022.0 https://t.co/oHZUUU4DTE on “Psychophysical identity and free energy” by @exilefaker (2020) https://t.co/dolaDq84n5 We'll have group discussions on this paper in the coming two weeks! Let us know if you'd like to participate ~ https://t.co/hXNLF0QDjc
@C_Allefeld @neuropoetic @neurobongo @MGrrrls @a_tschantz @conorheins @casper_hesp It's more than merely a formal analogy. Recent work on the FEP was taken care to relate the two, e.g. "Markov blankets, information geometry and stochastic thermodynamics" https://t.co/Nkd2znhDev and "Psychophysical identity and free energy" @exilefaker https://t.co/nwg1ioYG8S
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Psychophysical Identity and Free Energy in Brain Modeling
This livestream explores how the brain uses free energy concepts from thermodynamics to process information, make predictions, and recognize patterns, linking neuroscience with philosophical perspectives such as…
Understanding Psychophysical Identity and Brain's Free Energy Model
This livestream discusses how the brain uses free energy to process information, predict patterns, and regulate energy, with focus on a brain model that encodes information stochastically to optimize inference, linking…
Psychophysical Identity and Free Energy in Brain Function Analysis
This video features a participatory discussion on psychophysical identity and free energy, exploring brain models that explain information processing through thermodynamic principles and neural encoding strategies.
@jim_rutt @speakerjohnash @DerringerPax Awesome, looking forward to it. As to Free Energy -- this is a great topic. In short, the FE in FEP is an informational free energy functional. Not a Gibbs metaphor, but it rhymes. Also see: https://t.co/dolaDq84n5 "Psychophysical identity and free energy" by @exilefaker
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RT @InferenceActive: May 25th at 7am PT: ActInfLab Livestream #022.2 ~ Psychophysical identity and free energy by @exilefaker https://t.co…
Thanks @exilefaker and everyone for this awesome discussion today! Next week, Tuesday May 25th at 7am PT we will have a followup group discussion #022.2: https://t.co/jBina0WfAT Let us know here if you have any questions, or want to participate live ~ https://t.co/C2xKbRBfOJ
RT @InferenceActive: ActInfLab Livestream #022.1 ~ Psychophysical identity and free energy https://t.co/kYmg01NbpF with @exilefaker @Vyatle…
RT @InferenceActive: ActInfLab Livestream #022.1 ~ Psychophysical identity and free energy https://t.co/kYmg01NbpF with @exilefaker @Vyatle…
ActInfLab Livestream #022.1 ~ Psychophysical identity and free energy https://t.co/kYmg01NbpF with @exilefaker @Vyatlev @StephenSillett and more!
RT @exilefaker: Amazing discussion of my paper and the issues surrounding it with @InferenceActive, @shadeofbleu and Dean from Calgary--hop…
RT @exilefaker: Amazing discussion of my paper and the issues surrounding it with @InferenceActive, @shadeofbleu and Dean from Calgary--hop…
Amazing discussion of my paper and the issues surrounding it with @InferenceActive, @shadeofbleu and Dean from Calgary--hope to carry this exploratory, inquisitive vibe over to the conversation tomorrow morning :) https://t.co/KDnykMQYT6
RT @InferenceActive: May 13th at 1710 UTC is ActInfLab Livestream #022.0 https://t.co/oHZUUU4DTE on “Psychophysical identity and free ene…
RT @InferenceActive: May 13th at 1710 UTC is ActInfLab Livestream #022.0 https://t.co/oHZUUU4DTE on “Psychophysical identity and free ene…
May 13th at 1710 UTC is ActInfLab Livestream #022.0 https://t.co/oHZUUU4DTE on “Psychophysical identity and free energy” by @exilefaker (2020) https://t.co/dolaDq84n5 We'll have group discussions on this paper in the coming two weeks! Let us know if you'd like to participate ~ https://t.co/hXNLF0QDjc
RT @exilefaker: I'm happy to share that “Psychophysical identity and free energy” was published today in the Journal of the Royal Society I…
RT @exilefaker: I'm happy to share that “Psychophysical identity and free energy” was published today in the Journal of the Royal Society I…
RT @exilefaker: I'm happy to share that “Psychophysical identity and free energy” was published today in the Journal of the Royal Society I…
RT @exilefaker: I'm happy to share that “Psychophysical identity and free energy” was published today in the Journal of the Royal Society I…
RT @exilefaker: I'm happy to share that “Psychophysical identity and free energy” was published today in the Journal of the Royal Society I…
RT @exilefaker: I'm happy to share that “Psychophysical identity and free energy” was published today in the Journal of the Royal Society I…
RT @uranus_2: システムの熱力学的自由エネルギーがその変分自由エネルギーを直接エンコードしている時の生物系で変分ベイズ推定を実行するアプローチを議論し、脳に適用。Psychophysical identity and free energy https://t.co…
システムの熱力学的自由エネルギーがその変分自由エネルギーを直接エンコードしている時の生物系で変分ベイズ推定を実行するアプローチを議論し、脳に適用。Psychophysical identity and free energy https://t.co/AssJKnHfdl
Psychophysical identity and free energy. (arXiv:2005.08935v2 [https://t.co/v9XPd7Hzj5] UPDATED) https://t.co/HLiNmnvUkm #biophysics
RT @exilefaker: I'm happy to share that “Psychophysical identity and free energy” was published today in the Journal of the Royal Society I…
RT @exilefaker: I'm happy to share that “Psychophysical identity and free energy” was published today in the Journal of the Royal Society I…
RT @exilefaker: I'm happy to share that “Psychophysical identity and free energy” was published today in the Journal of the Royal Society I…
RT @exilefaker: I'm happy to share that “Psychophysical identity and free energy” was published today in the Journal of the Royal Society I…
RT @exilefaker: I'm happy to share that “Psychophysical identity and free energy” was published today in the Journal of the Royal Society I…
RT @exilefaker: I'm happy to share that “Psychophysical identity and free energy” was published today in the Journal of the Royal Society I…
RT @exilefaker: I'm happy to share that “Psychophysical identity and free energy” was published today in the Journal of the Royal Society I…
@C_Allefeld @neuropoetic @neurobongo @MGrrrls @a_tschantz @conorheins @casper_hesp It's more than merely a formal analogy. Recent work on the FEP was taken care to relate the two, e.g. "Markov blankets, information geometry and stochastic thermodynamics" https://t.co/Nkd2znhDev and "Psychophysical identity and free energy" @exilefaker https://t.co/nwg1ioYG8S
@exilefaker @sylvain_baillet @neurobongo @karimjerbineuro We should chat or email sometime about thermodynamic free energy, energy-based ANNs, and the epistemology of modeling! Maybe sometime after I finish listening to your podcast and reading your psychophysical identity and free energy paper, which I am super excited to read! :)
RT @hohwy: Psychophysical identity and free energy, preprint from Alex Kiefer @exilefaker. Free energy principle meets Jack Smart's mind-bo…
RT @hohwy: Psychophysical identity and free energy, preprint from Alex Kiefer @exilefaker. Free energy principle meets Jack Smart's mind-bo…
RT @hohwy: Psychophysical identity and free energy, preprint from Alex Kiefer @exilefaker. Free energy principle meets Jack Smart's mind-bo…
RT @hohwy: Psychophysical identity and free energy, preprint from Alex Kiefer @exilefaker. Free energy principle meets Jack Smart's mind-bo…
RT @hohwy: Psychophysical identity and free energy, preprint from Alex Kiefer @exilefaker. Free energy principle meets Jack Smart's mind-bo…
RT @hohwy: Psychophysical identity and free energy, preprint from Alex Kiefer @exilefaker. Free energy principle meets Jack Smart's mind-bo…
RT @hohwy: Psychophysical identity and free energy, preprint from Alex Kiefer @exilefaker. Free energy principle meets Jack Smart's mind-bo…
RT @hohwy: Psychophysical identity and free energy, preprint from Alex Kiefer @exilefaker. Free energy principle meets Jack Smart's mind-bo…
RT @hohwy: Psychophysical identity and free energy, preprint from Alex Kiefer @exilefaker. Free energy principle meets Jack Smart's mind-bo…
RT @hohwy: Psychophysical identity and free energy, preprint from Alex Kiefer @exilefaker. Free energy principle meets Jack Smart's mind-bo…
RT @hohwy: Psychophysical identity and free energy, preprint from Alex Kiefer @exilefaker. Free energy principle meets Jack Smart's mind-bo…
Psychophysical identity and free energy, preprint from Alex Kiefer @exilefaker. Free energy principle meets Jack Smart's mind-body identity theory. (Mathematically detailed but understandable too!) https://t.co/UaQdc0pBO7
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