Free Energy Principle — Karl Friston

I found this interview with Karl Friston helpful to understand free energy principle from a high level: link to this video

…ctivation of circuits even there depending on whether people were presented with real words (e.g. sheep) or non-words (e.g. brast). I think there's a lot to be said for conceptualising the brain as a statistical machine - it makes a lot of sense in evolutionary terms. There's a great video introduction to that idea with Karl Friston from UCL here: link to this video…

This ties in quite nicely with Karl Friston's Free Energy Principle: link to this video There are so many strands of neuroscience that show predictive coding now. There's a really nice example in the use of common vs unusual words in sentences. If you're using fMRI to scan someone while they read these two sentences: The jam on the motorway made everything slow. The jam on the motorway made everything sticky. You'll see a flash of activity when people read the word "sticky" rather than the more common word in that context "slow". The theory is that when everything in the sentence proceeds as predicted there's very little need to update prior expectations, but when you come across something that goes ag…

…ormation processing as a matter of physical processes, you can see that the correct semantics can be necessary for producing a physical outcome. I think I understand what you're saying and it touches on some of my own inquiries. A more concrete example, if you have one, might better help align me with where your thoughts are at regarding this. 0 link to this video…