Description
To manifest preferences and expectations To interact and to improve the niche To update our model and to reduce uncertainty
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" Active inference offers a simpler approach by absorbing any value-function into a single functional of beliefs. This functional is variational free energy that scores the surprise or uncertainty associated with a belief, in light of observed (or expected) outcomes. This means that acting to minimise free energy resolves ambiguity and realises unsurprising or preferred outcomes. We will see that this single objective function can be unpacked in a number of ways that fit comfortably with established formulations of optimal choice behaviour and foraging."…
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