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Artificial Happiness: Fulfilment in the Age of AI#153 – Your Brain Is a Detective Minimizing Surprise | Karl FristonWhat if anxiety, bad habits, and even curiosity can all be explained by a single mathematical principle? What if your brain isn’t processing information—it’s actively constructing fantasies to explain the world? Professor Karl Friston is...
2026-02-1056 min
Mind-Body SolutionWhat is Ultimately Real? Consciousness, Free Energy & Spacetime | Donald Hoffman & Karl FristonIn this landmark Mind-Body Solution Colloquia, cognitive scientist Donald Hoffman and neuroscientist Karl Friston engage in a deep, rigorous dialogue on the foundations of reality, perception, and consciousness.Hoffman argues that spacetime and physical objects are not fundamental, but evolved interfaces shaped by fitness rather than truth. Friston presents the Free Energy Principle and Active Inference as a unifying framework for life, mind, and meaning — raising the question of whether inference itself can ground reality.Together, they explore:- Why spacetime may be derived, not fundamental- Whether consciousness must come before physics- Markov blankets, trace logic, and system boundaries- Pr...
2026-02-042h 40
Ayush Prakash PodcastKarl Friston on AI for Gen ZDr. Karl Friston is Professor of Neuroscience at UCL and one of the most cited scientists alive. His work on the free energy principle has transformed our understanding of the brain, consciousness, and intelligence.Probably the coolest thing that's happened to me, the world's most influential neuroscientist talked about my book, AI for Gen Z, and interviewed me on it. We ended up in this wild conversation spanning the free energy principle, how Gen Z's relationship with technology is fundamentally different from previous generations, the nature of time and prediction, and why understanding AI might require completely rethinking how...
2026-01-271h 11
Spatial Web AI PodcastKarl Friston on Yann LeCun & Gary Marcus' Allergy to Authoritative B.S. - This & More - IWAI 2025This video features rare, in-depth conversations between Denise Holt, Karl Friston, and Gary Marcus, recorded at the International Workshop on Active Inference 2025 in Montreal, Canada, October 15-17, 2025. #ActiveInference #KarlFriston #GaryMarcusFilmed on site during the conference, this episode brings together two of the most influential thinkers in AI, neuroscience, and cognitive science to discuss where artificial intelligence is today and where it must go next.In an extended one-on-one interview, Karl Friston explores Active Inference, the Free Energy Principle, agency, uncertainty, and why current generative AI systems lack true understanding. Friston explains why intelligence must...
2026-01-101h 44
Thoughtforms LifeDiscussion #1 with Chris Fields, Mark Solms, Karl Friston, and Thomas Pollak: introspection & moreThis is a ~1 hour 5 minute working conversation with Chris Fields (https://chrisfieldsresearch.com/), Mark Solms (https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=vD4p8rQAAAAJ&hl=en), Karl Friston (https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=q_4u0aoAAAAJ&hl=en), and Thomas Pollak (https://www.kcl.ac.uk/people/thomas-pollak) starting on the topic of variable degrees of introspection in natural and synthetic agents, and how that looks from the active inference framework, and moves into related topics of application of cognitive plasticity to regenerative biology.
CHAPTERS:
(00:00) Optimal introspection in agents
(12:56) Consciousness...
2025-11-211h 05
Eye On A.I.#302 Karl Friston: How the Free Energy Principle Could Rewrite AIThis episode is sponsored by AGNTCY. Unlock agents at scale with an open Internet of Agents. Visit https://agntcy.org/ and add your support. How could Karl Friston's Free Energy Principle become a blueprint for the future of AI? In this episode of Eye on AI, host Craig Smith sits down with Karl Friston, the neuroscientist behind the Free Energy Principle and advisor to Verses AI, to explore how active inference and brain inspired generative models might move us beyond transformer based systems. They unpack how Axiom, Verses' new architecture, uses probabilistic b...
2025-11-191h 03
Machine Learning Street Talk (MLST)Karl Friston - Why Intelligence Can't Get Too Large (Goldilocks principle)In this episode, hosts Tim and Keith finally realize their long-held dream of sitting down with their hero, the brilliant neuroscientist Professor Karl Friston. The conversation is a fascinating and mind-bending journey into Professor Friston's life's work, the Free Energy Principle, and what it reveals about life, intelligence, and consciousness itself.**SPONSORS**Gemini CLI is an open-source AI agent that brings the power of Gemini directly into your terminal - https://github.com/google-gemini/gemini-cli--- Take the Prolific human data survey - https://www.prolific.com/humandatasurvey...
2025-09-101h 21Mind-Body SolutionIs it Possible to Engineer Artificial Consciousness? | Karl Friston & Mark SolmsProfessors Karl Friston & Mark Solms, pioneers in the fields of neuroscience, psychology, and theoretical biology, delve into the frontiers of consciousness: "Can We Engineer Artificial Consciousness?". From mimicry to qualia, this historic conversation tackles whether artificial consciousness is achievable - and how. Essential viewing/listening for anyone interested in the mind, AI ethics, and the future of sentience. Subscribe to the channel for more profound discussions!Professor Karl Friston is one of the most highly cited living neuroscientists in history. He is Professor of Neuroscience at University College London and holds Honorary Doctorates from the University of Zurich, University...
2025-09-021h 32
Flow RadioHow Your Brain Predicts Reality | Flow, Intuition & Mental FlexibilityKarl Friston is one of the most influential neuroscientists alive. He pioneered the methods that underpin modern brain imaging and developed the Free Energy Principle—considered by many neuroscientists to be the closest thing we have to a general theory of intelligence.In this conversation with Dr. Michael Mannino and me, Friston explains why your brain doesn’t just record reality—it invents it. Perception is best understood as a “controlled hallucination”: the brain generates models of the world, then tests them against incoming data.We dig into what this means...
2025-08-291h 23
ASEF PodcastEpisode #40 (EN): Free Energy Principle with Karl Friston: Mathematical Modeling of ConsciousnessIn this episode, Karl Friston unpacks the Free Energy Principle (https://www.nature.com/articles/nrn2787), a unifying theory explaining how the brain minimizes surprise by constantly predicting and updating its model of the world. We explore how this principle sheds light on perception, consciousness, and even psychiatric conditions like schizophrenia. Karl also shares how his journey took him from psychiatry to neuroscience, driven by a passion for applying math and physics to deepen understanding of the brain.The host of the science vertical on the ASEF Podcast: Ta...
2025-06-101h 05
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2025-06-091h 31
New Thinking Allowed Audio PodcastHealing and the Nature of Self with Karl Friston
Healing and the Nature of Self with Karl Friston
Karl Friston is widely regarded as one of the most influential neuroscientists of our time. Some peers consider him the foremost neuroscientist in history. As a professor at University College London, Friston has made groundbreaking contributions to neuroimaging and theoretical neuroscience. His most significant contribution is the Free Energy Principle, a foundational framework in neuroscience stating that biological systems minimize surprise (or uncertainty) by continuously updating their internal models to predict and adapt to their environment.
From predictive coding and attachment theory to affective neuroscience, meditation, a...
2025-06-071h 11
AWONDERJUNKIE#72 Prof. Karl Friston - The Nature of Consciousness, Sentience & Artificial IntelligenceProf. Karl Friston is one of the most highly cited living neuroscientists in history. Karl Friston is a theoretical neuroscientist and authority on brain imaging. He invented statistical parametric mapping (SPM), voxel-based morphometry (VBM) and dynamic causal modeling (DCM). These contributions were motivated by schizophrenia research and theoretical studies of value-learning – formulated as the disconnection hypothesis of schizophrenia. Mathematical contributions include variational Laplacian procedures and generalized filtering for hierarchical Bayesian model inversion. Friston currently works on models of functional integration in the human brain and the principles that underlie neuronal interactions. His main contribution to theoretical neurobiology is a fr...
2025-06-051h 32
The Dissenter#1066 Karl Friston: The Free Energy Principle, Culture, 4E Cognition, and Physics******Support the channel******Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thedissenterPayPal: paypal.me/thedissenterPayPal Subscription 1 Dollar: https://tinyurl.com/yb3acuuyPayPal Subscription 3 Dollars: https://tinyurl.com/ybn6bg9lPayPal Subscription 5 Dollars: https://tinyurl.com/ycmr9gpzPayPal Subscription 10 Dollars: https://tinyurl.com/y9r3fc9mPayPal Subscription 20 Dollars: https://tinyurl.com/y95uvkao ******Follow me on******Website: https://www.thedissenter.net/The Dissenter Goodreads list: https://shorturl.at/7BMoBFacebook: https://www.f...
2025-03-0338 min
Theories of Everything with Curt JaimungalMichael Levin and Karl Friston: How Free Energy Constructs Our RealityCurt Jaimungal talks with Michael Levin and Karl Friston about how the free energy principle and entropy shape self-organization and our perception of reality. They explore creativity, aging, the nature of selfhood, and the constructive role of science in biology and psychology.- 00:00 - Introduction- 3:43 - The Free Energy Principle Explained- 5:41 - Creativity and Adaptive Utilization- 11:56 - In-Painting vs. Out-Painting- 15:33 - The Unreliable Medium of Biology- 20:05 - Aging: Noise or Psychological?- 25:25 - The Nature of Selfhood- 45:10 - Distinctions in Organic and Psychological Disease...
2025-02-141h 17Theories of Everything with Curt JaimungalMichael Levin and Karl Friston: How Free Energy Constructs Our RealityCurt Jaimungal talks with Michael Levin and Karl Friston about how the free energy principle and entropy shape self-organization and our perception of reality. They explore creativity, aging, the nature of selfhood, and the constructive role of science in biology and psychology.- 00:00 - Introduction- 3:43 - The Free Energy Principle Explained- 5:41 - Creativity and Adaptive Utilization- 11:56 - In-Painting vs. Out-Painting- 15:33 - The Unreliable Medium of Biology- 20:05 - Aging: Noise or Psychological?- 25:25 - The Nature of Selfhood- 45:10 - Distinctions in Organic and Psychological Disease...
2025-02-141h 17
Living Mirrors with Dr. James CookeKarl Friston on Consciousness & The Dawn of Mind | Living Mirrors #141Karl Friston is a theoretical neurobiologist and Professor of Neuroscience at University College London. He is also an honorary consultant at UCL’s Queen Square Institute of Neurology and is a fellow of both the Academy of Medical Sciences and the Royal Society. He also happens to be the most cited neuroscientist in the world. Karl kindly read and gave a blurb for the book: “A remarkably current and forward-looking treatment. This book uses all my favourite words—in the right order—and some I have never encountered before. It offers a delightful narrative, grounded in state-of-the-art thinking about what it is to...
2025-02-031h 01Mind-Body SolutionEmotions and the Free Energy Principle of Brain Function | Karl FristonProfessor Karl Friston is one of the most highly cited living neuroscientists in history. He is Professor of Neuroscience at King's College London and holds Honorary Doctorates from the University of Zurich, University of York and Radboud University. He is the world expert on brain imaging, neuroscience, and theoretical neurobiology, and pioneers the Free-Energy Principle for action and perception, with well-over 300,000 citations. Friston was elected a Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences (1999). In 2000 he was President of the international Organization of Human Brain Mapping. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 2006. He became a Fellow...
2025-01-2524 min
The Only ConstantKarl Friston | Active intelligence, non-equillibrium steady states and enterprise jazz | Episode #45In this episode of The Only Constant, Lasse Rindom speaks with prof. Karl Friston, one of the most distinguished neuroscientists of all time, and an advisor on intelligence for Verses AI. Karl is one of the most highly cited scientists of all time, and his perspectives and insights from neuroscience brings much needed anchoring to the discussion of intelligence - also in AI. Their discussion focuses on:
The concept of non-equilibrium steady states and how they mirror organizational change and adaptability.
Active inference as a cornerstone of intelligence, curiosity, and decision-making.
A provocative perspective on innovation: why disruption without g...
2025-01-231h 31The Only ConstantKarl Friston | Active intelligence, non-equillibrium steady states and enterprise jazz | Episode #45In this episode of The Only Constant, Lasse Rindom speaks with prof. Karl Friston, one of the most distinguished neuroscientists of all time, and an advisor on intelligence for Verses AI. Karl is one of the most highly cited scientists of all time, and his perspectives and insights from neuroscience brings much needed anchoring to the discussion of intelligence - also in AI. Their discussion focuses on:
The concept of non-equilibrium steady states and how they mirror organizational change and adaptability.
Active inference as a cornerstone of intelligence, curiosity, and decision-making.
A provocative perspective on innovation: why disruption without g...
2025-01-231h 31Ayush Prakash Podcast“Your Brain Is a Universe” – Dr. Karl Friston on Its Beauty and HorrorKarl Friston is the world’s most frequently cited neuroscientist according to the Paul Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence.He is Professor of Neurology at University College London and is a theoretical neuroscientist and an authority on brain imaging. He invented statistical parametric mapping, voxel-based morphometry, and dynamic causal modelling. His main contribution to theoretical neurobiology is a free-energy principle for action and perception (active inference). -Info: Spotify: https://sptfy.com/O2uWApple Podcasts: https://apple.co/3qXL37WCo...
2025-01-191h 32
Love & Philosophy#44: The Flow of Life: An Unusual Winter Walk with Karl Friston and his Free Energy PrincipleSend a love message Karl Friston has ranked as 'the most influential brain scientist in the world' and been called a genius (as in the WIRED magazine piece), though many find his work mysterious. The melody of this unique conversation between Karl and Andrea, however, is the concept of 'flow' and how it relates to making the right choices within a constantly changing world. Andrea and Karl also explore Friston's significant contributions, including active inference and the free energy principle, discussing how these models might provide a first-principles account of sentient behavior. The conversation covers a wide r...
2024-12-252h 01Mind-Body SolutionKarl Friston Lecture: Certainties & Surprises in Our Daily Lives: The Brain as a Prediction MachineProfessor Karl Friston is one of the most highly cited living neuroscientists in history. He is Professor of Neuroscience at King's College London and holds Honorary Doctorates from the University of Zurich, University of York and Radboud University. He is the world expert on brain imaging, neuroscience, and theoretical neurobiology, and pioneers the Free-Energy Principle for action and perception, with well-over 300,000 citations. Friston was elected a Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences (1999). In 2000 he was President of the international Organization of Human Brain Mapping. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 2006. He became a Fellow...
2024-12-2424 min
StarTalk RadioThe Simulation Within with Karl FristonAre we all living in a simulation inside our brains? Neil deGrasse Tyson and co-hosts Chuck Nice and Gary O’Reilly learn about the root of perception, if AI really is intelligent, and The Free Energy Principle with theoretical neuroscientist Karl Friston.NOTE: StarTalk+ Patrons can listen to this entire episode commercial-free here: https://startalkmedia.com/show/the-simulation-within-with-karl-friston/Thanks to our Patrons Timothy Ecker, Jason Griffith, Evan Lee, Marc, Christopher Young, ahoF3Hb9m, Steven Kraus, Dave Hartman, Diana Todd, Jeffrey Shulak MD, Susan Summers, Kurt A Goebel, Renee Harris, Damien, Adam Akre, Kyle Mar...
2024-10-1858 min
The Dissenter#1000 Karl Friston: The Free Energy Principle and Active Inference: From Physics to Mind******Support the channel******
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2024-09-302h 08Theories of Everything with Curt JaimungalKarl Friston: The Most INTENSE Theory of Reality ExplainedKarl Friston, a pioneering neuroscientist behind the free energy principle, joins Curt Jaimungal to discuss how this theory reshapes our understanding of brain function, Markov blankets, and the physics of perception. The conversation also examines temporal scales and the broader implications for reality.- 00:00 - Intro- 01:05 - Lecture Overview- 05:53 - Schrodinger’s Question- 08:48 - Markov Blankets (The Brain)- 16:16 - Quick Crash Course in Physics!- 29:30 - Different Temporal Scales- 35:38 - Markov Blanket (Continued)- 01:06:16 - Outro/Support TOESPONSORS:- YouTube Membership: ht...
2024-08-161h 11Theories of Everything with Curt JaimungalKarl Friston: The Most INTENSE Theory of Reality ExplainedKarl Friston, a pioneering neuroscientist behind the free energy principle, joins Curt Jaimungal to discuss how this theory reshapes our understanding of brain function, Markov blankets, and the physics of perception. The conversation also examines temporal scales and the broader implications for reality.- 00:00 - Intro- 01:05 - Lecture Overview- 05:53 - Schrodinger’s Question- 08:48 - Markov Blankets (The Brain)- 16:16 - Quick Crash Course in Physics!- 29:30 - Different Temporal Scales- 35:38 - Markov Blanket (Continued)- 01:06:16 - Outro/Support TOESPONSORS:- YouTube Membership: ht...
2024-08-161h 11
Thoughtforms LifeDiscussion With Tim Jackson, Karl Friston, and Chris FieldsThis is a ~1 hour conversation between Tim Jackson (https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Timothy-Jackson-4), Karl Friston (https://www.fil.ion.ucl.ac.uk/~karl/), Chris Fields (https://chrisfieldsresearch.com/) and I around the free energy principle, philosophy, evolution, and novelty.
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2024-08-0858 min
Doorknob CommentsActive Inference, the Free Energy Principle, and TherapyIn this episode, Grant and Fara are joined by esteemed neurophysicist and authority on brain imaging, Dr. Karl Friston. His revolutionary impact on studies of the brain derives from his inventive use of probability theory to analyze neural imaging data. They discuss how we might think about psychotherapy from the point of view of Dr. Friston’s work and briefly touch on artificial general intelligence, AGI, through Karl’s work on VERSES AI.We hope you enjoy!In This Episode[0:00] Introduction[1:35] Episode Overview[02:30] Journey into Brain Imaging Research[6...
2024-07-151h 19
Thoughtforms LifeDiscussion on Mortal Computations with Alexander Ororbia, Karl Friston, and Chris FieldsThis is a 1-hour working meeting discussing Alexander Ororbia's and Karl Friston's paper on Mortal Computations and their relevance to our work in reprogramming biology and cognition more generally. A few papers:
Alexander and Karl's paper: https://arxiv.org/abs/2311.09589
Michael Levin's paper to which they referred a couple of times: https://osf.io/preprints/osf/4b2wj
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2024-05-2558 min
Curious Apes#16 - Karl Friston + Singularity: Free Energy and AI** This is a partnership episode originally recorded in collaboration with Singularity**
This week my guest is professor of neuroscience at University College London, Karl Friston. Viewed by many as one of the world’s most influential neuroscientists, Friston rose to prominence when he pioneered one of the key techniques that allows neuroscientists to analyze brain activity. And as if that wasn’t enough, he has since developed the Free Energy Principle, which some see as monumental to the field as Darwin’s theory of evolution was for biology and genetics.
It’s this work on the Free Ener...
2024-04-1433 minTheories of Everything with Curt JaimungalSociety Is At A Major Turning Point | Karl Friston Λ Anna LembkeKarl Friston and Anna Lembke argue that we must urgently reassess personal and societal habits amid environmental, mental‑health, and addiction crises, using the active inference framework. They explore how this perspective can guide more resilient and compassionate responses.SPONSORS:- Patreon: https://patreon.com/curtjaimungal (early access to ad‑free audio episodes!)- Crypto: https://tinyurl.com/cryptoTOE- PayPal: https://tinyurl.com/paypalTOE- TOE Merch: https://tinyurl.com/TOEmerchRESOURCES:- Get my 'Top 10 TOEs' PDF + Weekly Personal Updates: https://www.curtjaimungal.org- Inst...
2024-03-211h 24Theories of Everything with Curt JaimungalSociety Is At A Major Turning Point | Karl Friston Λ Anna LembkeKarl Friston and Anna Lembke argue that we must urgently reassess personal and societal habits amid environmental, mental‑health, and addiction crises, using the active inference framework. They explore how this perspective can guide more resilient and compassionate responses.SPONSORS:- Patreon: https://patreon.com/curtjaimungal (early access to ad‑free audio episodes!)- Crypto: https://tinyurl.com/cryptoTOE- PayPal: https://tinyurl.com/paypalTOE- TOE Merch: https://tinyurl.com/TOEmerchRESOURCES:- Get my 'Top 10 TOEs' PDF + Weekly Personal Updates: https://www.curtjaimungal.org- Inst...
2024-03-211h 24
Thoughtforms LifeKarl Friston, Adam Goldstein, and Michael Levin Discuss Active Inference and AlgorithmsThis is a 1-hour discussion meeting between Karl Friston, Adam Goldstein, and I talking about how Karl's active inference ideas apply to some work on unexpected behavior in sorting algorithms (https://thoughtforms.life/what-do-algorithms-want-a-new-paper-on-the-emergence-of-surprising-behavior-in-the-most-unexpected-places/).
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2024-02-0453 min
Machine Learning Street Talk (MLST)DOES AI HAVE AGENCY? With Professor. Karl Friston and Riddhi J. PitliyaWatch behind the scenes, get early access and join the private Discord by supporting us on Patreon:
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DOES AI HAVE AGENCY? With Professor. Karl Friston and Riddhi J. Pitliya
Agency in the context of cognitive science, particularly when considering the free energy principle, extends beyond just human decision-making and autonomy. It encompasses a broader understanding of how all living systems, including non-human entities, interact with their environment to maintain...
2024-01-071h 02
Spatial Web AI PodcastDr. Karl Friston on the Fabric of Intelligence - Intelligent Agents, State Spaces, Active LearningDenise Holt reports from the 4th Annual International Workshop on Active Inference (IWAI), September 2023, where the highlight of the event was a 1.5 hour long exclusive presentation with the father of Active Inference & the Free Energy Principle, Dr. Karl J. Friston, Chief Scientist at VERSES AI.
In this groundbreaking video, Dr. Friston unveils his latest research on Active Inference, shedding light on its potential as a systematic blueprint for Artificial General Intelligence (AGI). Watch as Friston and his VERSES team pioneer a new kind of AI that mimics biological intelligence, making any data 'smart'.
Learn how...
2023-12-171h 27Mind-Body SolutionKarl Friston: How does Death Shape Life? Mortal Computation & the Field of Diverse IntelligenceProfessor Karl Friston is one of the most highly cited living neuroscientists in history. He is Professor of Neuroscience at King's College London and holds Honorary Doctorates from the University of Zurich, University of York and Radboud University. He is the world expert on brain imaging, neuroscience, and theoretical neurobiology, and pioneers the Free-Energy Principle for action and perception, with well-over 300,000 citations. Friston was elected a Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences (1999). In 2000 he was President of the international Organization of Human Brain Mapping. He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 2006. He became a Fellow...
2023-12-171h 56Theories of Everything with Curt JaimungalJoscha Bach Λ Karl Friston: Ai, Death, Self, God, ConsciousnessKarl Friston, Joscha Bach, and Curt Jaimungal explore death, AI models of the brain, God, and the nature of consciousness. They debate self‑organization, overlapping realities, and the future of substrate‑agnostic intelligence.- 00:00:00 - Introduction- 00:01:47 - New paper discussion- 00:09:13 - Sentience vs consciousness vs self- 00:21:00 - Self‑organization and self‑evidencing- 00:29:02 - Overlapping realities as art- 00:41:05 - Mortal computation and substrate‑agnostic AI- 00:56:38 - Beyond von Neumann architectures- 01:00:23 - AI surpassing human researchers- 01:20:34 - Exploring vs exploiting (curiosity risk)- 01:27:02 - Incomple...
2023-12-122h 45Theories of Everything with Curt JaimungalJoscha Bach Λ Karl Friston: Ai, Death, Self, God, ConsciousnessKarl Friston, Joscha Bach, and Curt Jaimungal explore death, AI models of the brain, God, and the nature of consciousness. They debate self‑organization, overlapping realities, and the future of substrate‑agnostic intelligence.- 00:00:00 - Introduction- 00:01:47 - New paper discussion- 00:09:13 - Sentience vs consciousness vs self- 00:21:00 - Self‑organization and self‑evidencing- 00:29:02 - Overlapping realities as art- 00:41:05 - Mortal computation and substrate‑agnostic AI- 00:56:38 - Beyond von Neumann architectures- 01:00:23 - AI surpassing human researchers- 01:20:34 - Exploring vs exploiting (curiosity risk)- 01:27:02 - Incomple...
2023-12-122h 45
Spatial Web AI PodcastFriston’s Law is Proven- Free Energy Principle Explains How Neurons Learn1st Published August 15, 2023 - Friston’s Law is Proven- FEP Explains How Neurons Learn, written & narrated by Denise Holt.
#ActiveInference #FreeEnergyPrinciple #KarlFriston
Dr. Karl J. Friston, the Chief Scientist at VERSES AI, has
developed a new kind of AI called Active Inference AI based on the Free Energy Principle (FEP). Researchers in Japan have proven that Friston's theory explains how the brain learns through self-organization and predictive modeling. This breakthrough has significant implications for neuroscience and AI research, as
it offers a more sustainable, interpretable, and programmable approach to artificial intelligence. The combination of Active Inf...
2023-12-0122 min
The Unadulterated Intellect#64 – Karl Friston: Stony Brook Provost's Lecture 2019 – I Am Therefore I ThinkKarl John Friston (born 12 July 1959) is a British neuroscientist and theoretician at University College London. He is an authority on brain imaging and theoretical neuroscience, especially the use of physics-inspired statistical methods to model neuroimaging data and other random dynamical systems. Friston is a key architect of the free energy principle and active inference. In imaging neuroscience he is best known for statistical parametric mapping and dynamic causal modelling. In October 2022, he joined VERSES Inc, a California-based cognitive computing company focusing on artificial intelligence designed using the principles of active inference, as Chief Scientist.
Friston is one...
2023-11-1058 min
Machine Learning Street Talk (MLST)Autopoitic Enactivism and the Free Energy Principle - Prof. Friston, Prof Buckley, Dr. RamsteadWe explore connections between FEP and enactivism, including tensions raised in a paper critiquing FEP from an enactivist perspective.
Dr. Maxwell Ramstead provides background on enactivism emerging from autopoiesis, with a focus on embodied cognition and rejecting information processing/computational views of mind.
Chris shares his journey from robotics into FEP, starting as a skeptic but becoming convinced it's the right framework. He notes there are both "high road" and "low road" versions, ranging from embodied to more radically anti-representational stances. He doesn't see a definitive fork between dynamical...
2023-09-051h 34
Mind-Body SolutionKarl Friston: Is The Brain A Statistical Organ? The Free Energy Principle & Active InferenceProfessor Karl Friston is one of the greatest neuroscientists in history. He is Professor of Neuroscience at King's College London and holds Honorary Doctorates from the University of Zurich, University of York and Radboud University. He is the world expert on brain imaging, neuroscience, and theoretical neurobiology, and pioneers the Free-Energy Principle for action and perception, with well-over 300,000 citations. Friston received the first Young Investigators Award in Human Brain Mapping (1996) and was elected a Fellow of the Academy of Medical Sciences (1999). In 2000 he was President of the international Organization of Human Brain Mapping. In 2003 he was awarded the Minerva Golden...
2023-06-092h 02
The Singularity Discussion SeriesFBL99: Karl Friston - How Free Energy Shapes the Future of AIThis week my guest is professor of neuroscience at University College London, Karl Friston. Viewed by many as one of the world’s most influential neuroscientists, Friston rose to prominence when he pioneered one of the key techniques that allows neuroscientists to analyze brain activity. And as if that wasn’t enough, he has since developed the Free Energy Principle, which some see as monumental to the field as Darwin’s theory of evolution was for biology and genetics.
It’s this work on the Free Energy principle that will be the bulk of our conversation in this epis...
2023-05-0135 min
The Nature & Nurture PodcastNature & Nurture #99: Dr. Karl Friston - Active Inference & Free Energy
Dr. Karl Friston is a Professor of Neurology at University College London and one of the world's most influential neuroscientists. He invented statistical parametric mapping, voxel-based morphometry, and dynamic causal modeling, and has authored or co-authored hundreds of scientific publications detailing out these theoretical and methodological advancements in neuroscience, and is also the mind behind the theory of Active Inference: The Free Energy Principle in Mind, Brain, and Behavior.
The brain is a fantastic organ, not only because it is amazingly complex, but because it is constantly generating fantasies. In this episode we talk about active inference, what Dr...
2023-04-241h 18
Spatial Web AI PodcastSpatial Web and the Era of AI - Part 2 | KB #11 - Spatial Web AI Podcast
Spatial Web and the Era of AI - Part 2 – AGI is Coming Faster
Than You Think #futureofai #artificialintelligence by Denise Holt
Karl Friston and Active Inference AI
Why is Dr. Friston the Most Important Figure in the World
of AI?
Dr. Karl Friston has been working on the concept of Active Inference
and its application to artificial intelligence for more than a decade
… Friston and his colleagues
have been exploring the use of Active Inference and the Free Energy Principle
in artificial neural networking...
2023-04-0424 min
Nourish Balance ThrivePsychedelics and SleepSleep, nutrition, and metabolism expert Greg Potter, PhD, is back on the podcast today with a new twist on help for those interested in sleep. Greg is an international public speaker, science writer, consultant and coach, focusing on working with individuals and organisations to adopt easy and long-lasting lifestyle modifications that add years and quality to life. His work has appeared in dozens of worldwide media sources, including Reuters, TIME, and The Washington Post, and he frequently contributes to prominent websites, blogs, and podcasts. On today’s podcast, Greg joins Chris to discuss the use of psychedelic dr...
2023-03-241h 27Nourish Balance ThrivePsychedelics and SleepSleep, nutrition, and metabolism expert Greg Potter, PhD, is back on the podcast today with a new twist on help for those interested in sleep. Greg is an international public speaker, science writer, consultant and coach, focusing on working with individuals and organisations to adopt easy and long-lasting lifestyle modifications that add years and quality to life. His work has appeared in dozens of worldwide media sources, including Reuters, TIME, and The Washington Post, and he frequently contributes to prominent websites, blogs, and podcasts. On today’s podcast, Greg joins Chris to discuss the use of psychedelic dr...
2023-03-241h 27
Machine Learning Street Talk (MLST)#106 - Prof. KARL FRISTON 3.0 - Collective Intelligence [Special Edition]This show is sponsored by Numerai, please visit them here with our sponsor link (we would really appreciate it) http://numer.ai/mlst
Prof. Karl Friston recently proposed a vision of artificial intelligence that goes beyond machines and algorithms, and embraces humans and nature as part of a cyber-physical ecosystem of intelligence. This vision is based on the principle of active inference, which states that intelligent systems can learn from their observations and act on their environment to reduce uncertainty and achieve their goals. This leads to a formal account of collective intelligence that rests on shared n...
2023-03-112h 59
Health Optimization Medicine PodcastDr. Karl Friston: Why Health Care Practitioners Should Learn About Artificial IntelligenceWhy should doctors and health care practitioners learn about artificial intelligence? This is one of the main topics we dive into in this episode of the Smarter Not Harder podcast with guest, Karl Friston. Karl John Friston FRS FMedSci FRSB is one of the greatest scientists in history whose work has been cited over 245,000 times. He is a British neuroscientist and theoretician at University College London. He is an authority on brain imaging and theoretical neuroscience, especially the use of physics-inspired statistical methods to model neuroimaging data and other random dynamical systems. Karl gi...
2023-02-223h 10
Lexman ArtificialKarl Friston: Examen: The Mind at PlayProfessor Karl Friston joins Lexman for an in-depth conversation about his latest book, Examen: The Mind at Play. In this wide-ranging discussion, the two discuss Karl's examination of the ways the mind can be playful and exploratory, and look at some of the key ideas from the book. Along the way, they discuss everything from bechamel sauce to compline. Don't miss this fascinating episode!
2023-02-0405 min
Lexman ArtificialKarl Friston on Decretists and StetsonsKarl Friston is a philosopher and neuroscientist who studies the brain and its disorders. In this episode, we talk about decretists and Stetsons.
2023-01-1803 min
The DemystifySci PodcastThe New Laws of Robotics - Dr. Karl Friston, Cognitive NeuroscientistDr. Karl Friston is the most widely-cited neuroscientist in the world, known for his development of parametric mapping, a method for comparing brain scans between different patients that basically enabled the whole field of functional neuroscience. To follow up his insights into the human brain, Dr. Friston has turned his mathematical mind to other questions of life and consciousness, such as the distinction between living and not-living, the simplest division imaginable between things, and the great challenge of encoding emotional states. We dig into what a soulful robot might look like, and the new class of myths that humans...
2022-11-281h 25
Lexman ArtificialKarl Friston on Rescripts and Nicolas Leinsters "PotchesIn this guest episode, we hear from Karl Friston about rescripts - how they can be used to improve theyi interpretation of images and how they can be used to enforce self-restraint in artists. We also hear about a painting by Nicholas Leinster, which illustrates the theme of wilfulness.
2022-11-2604 min
Lexman ArtificialKarl Friston and the Stalactites of CochabambaKarl Friston recounts their time as colleagues and how they used numbering to remember yesterday's cleats.
2022-11-2103 min
Thing in itselfKarl Friston on the FEP, cognition, life, agency, enactivismKarl Friston is a theoretical neuroscientist at University College London, authority on brain imaging, and proponent of the free energy principle.
2022-10-271h 37
The Almighty OhmKarl Friston and Jordan Peterson interview. My notes and thoughts.*In my opinion, here is the best explanation of free energy theory available on the interwebs today.* Jordan Peterson and Karl Friston in conversation about free energy, meaning, value, anxiety, depression, belief systems, narrative theory. It's well worth the listen from a recent podcast. I share my notes from the podcast and my thoughts about the subject and subjects they were discussing.
2022-10-242h 07
The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast298. Perception: Chaos and Order | Dr. Karl FristonDr. Peterson's extensive catalog is available now on DailyWire+: https://utm.io/ueSXh Dr. Jordan B. Peterson and Dr. Karl Friston discuss the world as we perceive it through micro narratives, how those narratives exist within a structured hierarchy, and how we can manipulate the system, and thus change our own mindsets. Dr. Karl Friston is a renowned neuroscientist, and one of the leading researchers in brain imagery. He is credited for inventing statistical parametric mapping, an international standard for the analysis of imaging data. His work also pertains to the free energy principle, and predictive coding theory. Currently, he wo...
2022-10-201h 34
The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast298. Perception: Chaos and Order | Dr. Karl FristonDr. Peterson's extensive catalog is available now on DailyWire+: https://utm.io/ueSXh Dr. Jordan B. Peterson and Dr. Karl Friston discuss the world as we perceive it through micro narratives, how those narratives exist within a structured hierarchy, and how we can manipulate the system, and thus change our own mindsets. Dr. Karl Friston is a renowned neuroscientist, and one of the leading researchers in brain imagery. He is credited for inventing statistical parametric mapping, an international standard for the analysis of imaging data. His work also pertains to the fr...
2022-10-201h 37
Lexman ArtificialKarl Friston on Thunderbolts and Bidirectional ShiftKarl Friston is a Physicist at University College London and he talks about his work on thunderbolts and how bidding affects them.
2022-10-1804 min
Lexman ArtificialKarl Friston, Neuroscientist and expert on hornfelsesKarl Friston, a neuroscientist and one of the world's foremost experts on brain function and how the brain behaves under various conditions, joins Lexman to talk about the fascinating topic of hornfelses - the little-known layer of the human penis that, according to Friston, contains a prepuce.
2022-09-0404 min
Shaping OpinionNeuroscientist Karl Friston on Intelligence and Free EnergyPioneering neuroscientist Karl Friston joins Tim to talk about a concept he’s developed called the free-energy principle, which may hold the key to advancing the understanding human intelligence as we know it. Karl is a theoretical neuroscientist. He’s an authority on brain imaging. His work has advanced mankind’s understanding of schizophrenia, among other things. At the moment, he’s becoming better known as the originator of the free-energy principle for human action and perception. In this episode, we’ll talk with Karl about that free-energy principle, what it is, what it means and what it can mean for the fu...
2022-08-291h 07
Lexman ArtificialKarl Friston on Oleaginous Substances and the Effects on Human BehaviorIn this episode, Lexman interviews Karl Friston, who is best known for his research on oleaginous substances and their effects on human behavior. They discuss the various forms and uses of oleaginous substances, their various causes of uncertainty, and Karl Friston's theories about entellus and alibis.
2022-08-1405 min
Lexman ArtificialKarl Friston with Lexman: Prisons need mental health careKarl Friston is a world-renowned neurologist and the Director of the Human Brain Project at University College London. He is also the co-author of a new book, A Necessary Evil: Why Prisons Need Mental Health Care. In this fascinating podcast episode, Karl and Lexman discuss the dehumanizing effects of cutlines on prisoners and how miserere can help recondition them.
2022-07-2105 min
Lexman ArtificialKarl Friston on animal models of degenerative diseaseIn this episode, Karl Friston (director of the Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive and Brain Sciences) discusses the animal model of degenerative disease and its relevance to human pathology. He talks about the use of rodent models to study chemotherapeutics, and highlights some of the pitfalls of this research.
2022-07-2009 min
Brain Ponderings podcast with Dr. Mark MattsonPondering How the Brain Processes Information with Karl FristonProfessor Karl Friston of University College London has made major technical advances and discoveries that are revealing how the brain processes information in ways that result in appropriate behaviors. He talks about two brain imaging methods – positron emission tomography and functional magnetic resonance imaging – and how they have advanced an understanding of how neuronal networks are organized in a functionally integrated manner. He has used brain imaging to elucidate what goes wrong in schizophrenia. More recently he developed a theory called active inference or 'the free energy principle' which provides a mathematical framework for how the brain processes information. This...
2022-07-021h 18Theories of Everything with Curt JaimungalMichael Levin Λ Karl Friston Λ Chris Fields on The Meta Hard Problem, Consciousness, and BabblingIn this episode Michael Levin, Karl Friston, and Chris Fields tackle the meta hard problem of consciousness, exploring self‑organization, babbling, and the emergence of cognition. They debate whether society functions as a giant brain and examine the role of quantum randomness in consciousness.- 0:00:00 - Introduction- 00:03:20 - Levin: respect for Chris/Karl- 00:04:45 - Fields: respect for Michael/Karl- 00:05:45 - Friston: respect for Chris/Michael- 00:07:46 - Self‑organization and autopoiesis- 00:12:11 - Emergence of cognition- 00:14:18 - Perception of independent things- 00:18:40 - Cognition vs consciousness- 00...
2022-06-292h 08Theories of Everything with Curt JaimungalMichael Levin Λ Karl Friston Λ Chris Fields on The Meta Hard Problem, Consciousness, and BabblingIn this episode Michael Levin, Karl Friston, and Chris Fields tackle the meta hard problem of consciousness, exploring self‑organization, babbling, and the emergence of cognition. They debate whether society functions as a giant brain and examine the role of quantum randomness in consciousness.- 0:00:00 - Introduction- 00:03:20 - Levin: respect for Chris/Karl- 00:04:45 - Fields: respect for Michael/Karl- 00:05:45 - Friston: respect for Chris/Michael- 00:07:46 - Self‑organization and autopoiesis- 00:12:11 - Emergence of cognition- 00:14:18 - Perception of independent things- 00:18:40 - Cognition vs consciousness- 00...
2022-06-292h 08
Lexman ArtificialKarl Friston and the Glottology ProjectThis week on the Lexman Artificial Podcast, Karl Friston joins us to talk about his latest work on the Glottology project. We discuss the obstructiveness of languages and the Lubbock phenomenon, which Karl describes as the oddball dialect of English spoken in Lubbock, Texas. Don't miss this hilarious episode!
2022-06-2703 min
Lexman ArtificialKarl Friston: Stopping - the science of preventionKarl Friston is a cognitive scientist and one of the pioneers of modern mathematical neuroscience. He is also a Fellow at the Wellcome Trust Centre for Neuroimaging at University College London. In this episode, Lexman interviews Karl Friston about his new book, "Stopping: The Science of Prevention." In this book, Karl Friston discusses the history of stopping, how it works, and the various ways it can be used to prevent crime and injury.
2022-06-2303 min
The Rhys ShowThe Free Energy Principle in Our Daily Life With Karl FristonIn this episode, theoretical neuroscientist and authority on brain imaging Karl Friston, helps us understand his Free Energy Principle (FEP) for how life works and evolves.
We tackle this theory from five different perspectives to gain a deeper understanding; all the way from RNA and primordial soup to the future and safety of artificial intelligence.
The Free Energy Principle describes with mathematical precision how the brain conserves energy by minimizing surprise. Life at every scale of organization, from single cells to the human brain, is driven by the same universal imperative. This idea has a very great influence and affects...
2022-04-251h 17
Soft Robotics PodcastClip: Karl Friston "Why Does Time Fly As We Grow Older?"Clip: Karl Friston "Why Does Time Fly As We Grow Older?" by Marwa ElDiwiny
2022-04-1806 min
Converging Dialogues#121 - Unifying the Bayesian Brain Model and Free Energy Principle: A Dialogue with Karl FristonIn this episode, Xavier Bonilla has a discussion with Karl Friston about the Free Energy Principle, Bayesian Brain, and many neurobiological principles. They give an overview of the history of the models of the brain and discuss the evolutionary components of the brain. They also mention how important executive functioning and abstraction are for various organisms. They give an overview of the Bayesian brain, discuss predictive coding, and the two classes of neurons for prediction and prediction error. They discuss the free energy principle, Markov blanket, and homeostasis. They discuss consciousness and the role of active inference, artificial intelligence...
2022-03-213h 08
Soft Robotics PodcastClip: Round2: Karl Friston "Theory of Mind"Clip: Round2: Karl Friston "Theory of Mind" by Marwa ElDiwiny
2022-03-1209 min
Soft Robotics PodcastRound2: Karl Friston "Theory of Mind"Round2: Karl Friston "Theory of Mind" by Marwa ElDiwiny
2022-03-121h 16
Machine Learning Street Talk (MLST)#67 Prof. KARL FRISTON 2.0We engage in a bit of epistemic foraging with Prof. Karl Friston! In this show; we discuss the free energy principle in detail, also emergence, cognition, consciousness and Karl's burden of knowledge!
YT: https://youtu.be/xKQ-F2-o8uM
Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/mlst
Discord: https://discord.gg/HNnAwSduud
[00:00:00] Introduction to FEP/Friston
[00:06:53] Cheers to Epistemic Foraging!
[00:09:17] The Burden of Knowledge Across Disciplines
[00:12:55] On-show introduction to Friston
[00:14:23] Simple does NOT mean Easy
[00:21:25] Searching for...
2022-03-021h 42Theories of Everything with Curt JaimungalKarl Friston on the Perils of Investigations into Consciousness, Derealization, and the Free Energy PrincipleIn this episode Curt Jaimungal talks with neuroscientist Karl Friston about the Free Energy Principle, its implications for consciousness, derealization, and how we model reality. They explore the relationship between perception, action, and mental health, and offer practical advice for navigating existential challenges.- 00:00:00 - Introduction- 00:07:25 - FEP TOE explained- 00:15:48 - FEP for physicists- 00:18:24 - External world dual to you- 00:24:25 - Senses and actions- 00:36:25 - Marginal likelihood- 00:54:34 - Change evidence or model- 00:58:51 - Eye-touch consciousness demo- 01:03:09 - Definition of "works"- 01:12:45...
2022-02-212h 14Theories of Everything with Curt JaimungalKarl Friston on the Perils of Investigations into Consciousness, Derealization, and the Free Energy PrincipleIn this episode Curt Jaimungal talks with neuroscientist Karl Friston about the Free Energy Principle, its implications for consciousness, derealization, and how we model reality. They explore the relationship between perception, action, and mental health, and offer practical advice for navigating existential challenges.- 00:00:00 - Introduction- 00:07:25 - FEP TOE explained- 00:15:48 - FEP for physicists- 00:18:24 - External world dual to you- 00:24:25 - Senses and actions- 00:36:25 - Marginal likelihood- 00:54:34 - Change evidence or model- 00:58:51 - Eye-touch consciousness demo- 01:03:09 - Definition of "works"- 01:12:45...
2022-02-212h 14
Knowing NeuronsBrain Mapping and Free Energy with Karl FristonKnowing Neurons interviews Dr. Karl Friston, a theoretical neuroscientist and authority on brain imaging. One of the most influential neuroscientists in history, Dr. Friston invented statistical parametric mapping (SPM), voxel-based morphometry (VBM) and dynamic causal modeling (DCM), and has been cited over 245,000 times. The free-energy principle is his major contribution to theoretical neurobiology, and serves as a unified theory for how the brain acts and perceives information.
LINKS: Wellcome Trust Centre for Neuroimaging - https://www.fil.ion.ucl.ac.uk/. Dr. Friston’s Wiki:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karl_J._Friston
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2022-01-051h 00
Mind Medicine Australia1.20 - Prof Karl Friston: Theories Of Consciousness And Hierarchical Deep Self-Models Of Brain And MindProfessor Karl Friston is a British theoretical neuroscientist at University College London and an authority on brain imaging.Karl has been awarded with countless different prizes and accomplishments, and is considered one of the most influential neuroscientists of the modern era. He invented statistical parametric mapping (SPM), voxel-based morphometry (VBM) and dynamic causal modelling (DCM). Friston currently works on models of functional integration in the human brain and the principles that underlie neuronal interactions. His main contribution to theoretical neurobiology is a free-energy principle for action and perception (active inference). In this episode:
2021-11-271h 18
The External Medicine PodcastKarl Friston on Understanding Schizophrenia using the Free Energy PrincipleIn this interview, Mitch Belkin and Daniel Belkin speak with Dr. Karl Fristonabout his proposed free energy principle and how it applies to various psychiatric and neurological disorders including schizophrenia, depression, autism, and Parkinson’s. They also touch on the disconnection hypothesis of schizophrenia, how theories of schizophrenia have evolved over the last two centuries, and the relationship between schizophrenia and autism.Who is Karl Friston?Dr. Karl Friston is a professor of neuroscience at University College London and an authority on brain imaging. He is the 20th most-cited living sc...
2021-10-211h 15
Book Talk Conversation5. Karl Friston, Professor of Neuroscience, University College of LondonKarl Friston is a professor of Neuroscience at University College of London. He discusses the creation of models of the world and reading as part of creating that world to develop a sense of self. Friston shares his early interests in physics and psychology and interprets them through his childhood reading list.
2021-10-012h 13
EpistikEpisode 17, feat. Karl FristonTIMESTAMPS:
6:15 Is the reduction of uncertainty in the Free Energy Principle more compareable with Occam’s razor or simple deterministic laws?
18:03 Tautologies and compression of information.
30:00 Free will
37:48 Where does the first prior probability distribution come from? Do you believe in revelation?
49:20 How can we describe parameters of epistemic foraging in terms of the Free Energy Principle and Philosophy?
1:04:15 Practical applications of Friston’s work in relation to policy-making in the corporate world and the public sector.
1:16:10 Should people aspiring to work in Public Admin study maths?
Links to Prof. Friston’s previous pertinent appearances:
TOE Podcas...
2021-07-151h 19Living Mirrors with Dr. James CookeKarl Friston on the Free Energy Principle, consciousness & psychedelics | Living Mirrors #57Karl Friston is a theoretical neurobiologist and Professor of Neuroscience at University College London. He is also an honorary consultant at UCL’s Queen Square Institute of Neurology and is a fellow of both the Academy of Medical Sciences and the Royal Society. He is also the most cited neuroscientist in the world. As an undergraduate at Cambridge University he studied natural sciences, with a specialism in physics and psychology, and went on to train as a psychiatrist. He first rose to prominence after inviting multiple techniques for analysing brain imaging data and later turned his attention to developing a un...
2021-07-041h 38
Theories of Everything with Curt JaimungalKarl Friston on What Is Life, Consciousness, the meta-Hard Problem, and the Free Energy PrincipleIn this episode Curt Jaimungal talks with renowned neuroscientist Karl Friston about the Free Energy Principle, its implications for consciousness, and the meta‑hard problem of mind. They explore how the principle relates to physics, biology, AI, religion, and free will.- 00:00:00 - Introduction- 00:02:45 - Balancing work and life- 00:04:33 - Daily routine- 00:05:55 - Choosing problems- 00:10:13 - Defining deflationary/self‑evidencing- 00:14:33 - Equilibrium vs non‑equilibrium- 00:20:52 - Why called Free Energy Principle?- 00:27:20 - What is the FEP? (two answers)- 00:41:15 - Causation, time and FEP
2021-04-264h 09Theories of Everything with Curt JaimungalKarl Friston on What Is Life, Consciousness, the meta-Hard Problem, and the Free Energy PrincipleIn this episode Curt Jaimungal talks with renowned neuroscientist Karl Friston about the Free Energy Principle, its implications for consciousness, and the meta‑hard problem of mind. They explore how the principle relates to physics, biology, AI, religion, and free will.- 00:00:00 - Introduction- 00:02:45 - Balancing work and life- 00:04:33 - Daily routine- 00:05:55 - Choosing problems- 00:10:13 - Defining deflationary/self‑evidencing- 00:14:33 - Equilibrium vs non‑equilibrium- 00:20:52 - Why called Free Energy Principle?- 00:27:20 - What is the FEP? (two answers)- 00:41:15 - Causation, time and FEP
2021-04-264h 09
Soft Robotics PodcastClip: Karl Friston "Free energy principle"Clip: Karl Friston "Free energy principle"
2021-04-0719 min
Big Picture Medicine#043 Brain Computer Interfaces — Prof Karl FristonProfessor Karl Friston is the most frequently cited neuroscientist in the world. Some of his most fascinating ideas centre around brain imaging, and of course, his infamous free energy principle — a grand unifying principle for cognitive science and biology.
Professor Friston is incredibly insightful and patient with my questions — which at times feel like a 5 year old playing with a grand chess master. We speak about consciousness, brain computer interfaces as well as Professor Friston’s story and advice for young academics. I try to deconstruct some of what his enabled him to put forward so many novel...
2020-12-251h 04
Machine Learning Street Talk (MLST)#033 Prof. Karl Friston - The Free Energy PrincipleThis week Dr. Tim Scarfe, Dr. Keith Duggar and Connor Leahy chat with Prof. Karl Friston. Professor Friston is a British neuroscientist at University College London and an authority on brain imaging. In 2016 he was ranked the most influential neuroscientist on Semantic Scholar. His main contribution to theoretical neurobiology is the variational Free energy principle, also known as active inference in the Bayesian brain. The FEP is a formal statement that the existential imperative for any system which survives in the changing world can be cast as an inference problem. Bayesian Brain Hypothesis states that the brain is confronted w...
2020-12-131h 51
Lex Fridman Podcast#99 – Karl Friston: Neuroscience and the Free Energy PrincipleKarl Friston is one of the greatest neuroscientists in history, cited over 245,000 times, known for many influential ideas in brain imaging, neuroscience, and theoretical neurobiology, including the fascinating idea of the free-energy principle for action and perception.
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Karl’s Website: https://www.fil.ion.ucl.ac.uk/~karl/
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2020-05-281h 29
Sean Carroll's Mindscape: Science, Society, Philosophy, Culture, Arts, and IdeasKarl Friston on Brains, Predictions, and Free EnergyIf you tell me that one of the world's leading neuroscientists has developed a theory of how the brain works that also has implications for the origin and nature of life more broadly, and uses concepts of entropy and information in a central way — well, you know I'm going to be all over that. So it's my great pleasure to present this conversation with Karl Friston, who has done exactly that. One of the most highly-cited neuroscientists now living, Friston has proposed that we understand the brain in terms of a free energy principle, according to which our brains are...
2020-03-091h 29
Sean Carroll's Mindscape87 | Karl Friston on Brains, Predictions, and Free EnergyIf you tell me that one of the world’s leading neuroscientists has developed a theory of how the brain works that also has implications for the origin and nature of life more broadly, and uses concepts of entropy and information in a central way — well, you know I’m going to be all over that. So it’s my great pleasure to present this conversation with Karl Friston, who has done exactly that. One of the most highly-cited neuroscientists now living, Friston has proposed that we understand the brain in terms of a free energy principle, according to which our brain...
2020-03-091h 29
Entropic BrainActive inference and artificial curiosity | Karl Friston Professor Karl Friston (University College London) speaks at the University of Edinburgh, 31st March 2017.
Abstract: This talk offers a formal account of insight and learning in terms of active (Bayesian) inference. It deals with the dual problem of inferring states of the world and learning its statistical structure. In contrast to current trends in machine learning (e.g., deep learning), we focus on how agents learn from a small number of ambiguous outcomes to form insight.
Karl will present simulations of abstract rule-learning and approximate Bayesian inference to show that minimising (expected) free energy leads to active sampling of novel...
2019-12-1257 minEntropic BrainPrediction: How Forecasting and Prospection Shape Thought | Karl Friston Karl Friston, Wellcome Principal Research Fellow and Scientific Director at Wellcome Trust Centre for Neuroimaging and Professor of Neurology at University College London speaks at the event "Prediction: How Forecasting and Prospection Shape Thought" held on 4/18/16 at Columbia University. The event is part of the "Seminars in Society and Neuroscience" series organized by the Presidential Scholars in Society and Neuroscience program.
2019-12-1224 minEntropic BrainDysconnection Hypothesis of Schizophrenia | Karl Friston Neuroscientist Karl Friston on split personality, the nature of mental disorders, and the possibility of a therapeutic cure of schizophrenia.
2019-12-1214 minEntropic BrainBrain Imaging | Karl Friston Neuroscientist Karl Friston on different types of brain measurement techniques, people's reaction on emotional stimuli, and possibility of brain mapping.
2019-12-1212 minEntropic BrainFree Energy Principle — Karl Friston Neuroscientist Karl Friston on the Markov blanket, Bayesian model evidence, and different global brain theories.
2019-12-1215 minEntropic BrainActive inference and artificial curiosity | Karl Friston Professor Karl Friston (University College London) speaks at the University of Edinburgh, 31st March 2017.
Abstract: This talk offers a formal account of insight and learning in terms of active (Bayesian) inference. It deals with the dual problem of inferring states of the world and learning its statistical structure. In contrast to current trends in machine learning (e.g., deep learning), we focus on how agents learn from a small number of ambiguous outcomes to form insight.
Karl will present simulations of abstract rule-learning and approximate Bayesian inference to show that minimising (expected) free energy leads to active sampling of novel...
2019-12-1257 minEntropic BrainKarl Friston's Free Energy Principle and Predictive Coding "Karl Friston’s free energy principle might be the most all-encompassing idea since Charles Darwin’s theory of natural selection."
This week we take a deep dive into one of the most recent and groundbreaking theories related to human behavior, Karl Friston's Predictive Coding and Free Energy Concept. Julien goes into it's application to nutrition, training, behavior and how it has worked it's way into being one of the new cornerstones of StrongFit.
If you want to learn more about Karl Friston, read this article...
https://www.wired.com/story/karl-fris...
2019-12-121h 28
????…???????Season?God Help Us, Let’s Try to Understand Friston on Free EnergyI’ve been trying to delve deeper into predictive processing theories of the brain, and I keep coming across Karl Friston’s work on “free energy”.
At first I felt bad for not understanding this. Then I realized I wasn’t alone. There’s an entire not-understanding-Karl-Friston internet fandom, complete with its own parody Twitter account and Markov blanket memes.
From the journal Neuropsychoanalysis (which based on its name I predict is a center of expertise in not understanding things):
At Columbia’s psychiatry department, I recently led a journal club for 15 PET and fMRI researhers, PhDs and MDs all, with well over $10...
2018-03-0632 min