Cybernetics & SystemsPraxologium
Active Inference
Etymology: Theoretical Neurobiology (Friston, 2010)
PRIMARY DEFINITION
A framework where autonomous agents act upon their environment to minimize the surprise and entropy of their sensory observations.
Relational Analysis & Epistemic Context
Under the Free Energy Principle, perception and action are two sides of the same coin: updating internal model beliefs or altering external reality to match normative priors.
CROSS-REFERENCED RELATIONAL CONCEPTS
Feedback Loop (Cybernetic)
A circular causal chain where the output of a system is routed back as input, either damping error (negative) or amplifying gain (positive).
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Second-Order Cybernetics
The cybernetics of cybernetics: observing systems that explicitly model the observer as an active participant inside the system.
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