Overview
Transcripts of discussions of the 2022 preprint "A Worked Example of the Bayesian Mechanics of Classical Objects" by Dalton A R Sakthivadivel. https://arxiv.org/abs/2206.12996 Session 049.0, September 30, 2022 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OtX2Fpzn7KA Session 049.1, October 5, 2022 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dAtC-Enmc8M Session 049.2, October 12, 2022 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2SuBJBEg9LI
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Findings and contributions
- Sakthivadivel distinguishes dynamics (observed trajectories) from mechanics (the laws generating those trajectories), arguing this is often conflated in the FEP literature.
- Rahmjoo highlights as new results the derivation of classical physics from constrained maximum entropy and the reintroduction of supersymmetry to explain classical chaos.
- Sakthivadivel explains that the path minimizing classical action is the mode (most likely path), so classical mechanics can be structured as a least-surprisal problem leading to equation 15.
- Sakthivadivel describes path tracking as handling nonstationary systems by relating the FEP over paths to the principle of maximum caliber.
Methods
- Transcripts of ActInf Livestream #049.0–049.2 discussing Sakthivadivel's preprint — Records three Active Inference Institute livestream discussions of the 2022 arXiv preprint, with the author Dalton Sakthivadivel joining 49.1 and 49.2.
- Background/context session (49.0) by facilitators before author sessions — The 49.0 session by Friedman, Rahmjoo and Smékal gives background and a preliminary discussion rather than a review or synthesis.
- Section-by-section walk-through of the paper in 49.2 — In 49.2 the participants go through the paper's sections, building toward its equation 15 for Bayesian classical mechanics.
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Sakthivadivel, Dalton AR; Rahmjoo, Ali; Smékal, Jakub; Friedman, Daniel. 2022. A Worked Example of the Bayesian Mechanics of Classical Objects. Zenodo. DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.7400785. URL: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7400785.
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