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View article: Exploring the clinical utility of rhythmic digital markers for schizophrenia
Exploring the clinical utility of rhythmic digital markers for schizophrenia Open
This study investigates the clinical utility of rhythmic digital markers (RDMs) in schizophrenia. RDMs are digital markers capturing behavioral rhythms over different timescales - within 24 hours span (ultradian), at a span of 24 hours (ci…
View article: Five Fristonian Formulae
Five Fristonian Formulae Open
This paper is the contribution of the editorial team for a special issue designed to celebrate the scientific contributions of Karl Friston on his 65th birthday [...]
View article: <i>Thinging</i> Through Modelling. Active Inference meets Material Engagement
<i>Thinging</i> Through Modelling. Active Inference meets Material Engagement Open
In this simulation study, we adopt the comprehensive neurocomputational approach of Active Inference (AIF) to illustrate some key concepts of Material Engagement Theory (MET) [1]. MET posits that craftwork does not require, or rely on, ric…
View article: Digital personomics: precision and digital psychiatry beyond reductionism
Digital personomics: precision and digital psychiatry beyond reductionism Open
View article: The role of clinicians in the looping effect: epistemic injustices and looping breaks
The role of clinicians in the looping effect: epistemic injustices and looping breaks Open
View article: Agentic rulebooks using active inference: an artificial intelligence application for environmental sustainability
Agentic rulebooks using active inference: an artificial intelligence application for environmental sustainability Open
Artificial intelligence (AI) is increasingly proposed as a solution to environmental sustainability challenges, with applications aimed at optimizing resource utilization and energy consumption. However, AI technologies also have significa…
View article: Exploring the clinical utility of rhythmic digital markers for schizophrenia
Exploring the clinical utility of rhythmic digital markers for schizophrenia Open
This study investigates the clinical utility of rhythmic digital markers (RDMs) in schizophrenia. RDMs are digital markers capturing behavioral rhythms over different timescales - within 24 hours span (ultradian), at a span of 24 hours (ci…
View article: Shifting boundaries, extended minds: ambient technology and extended allostatic control
Shifting boundaries, extended minds: ambient technology and extended allostatic control Open
View article: A computational approach to selective attention in embodied approaches to cognitive archaeology
A computational approach to selective attention in embodied approaches to cognitive archaeology Open
This article proposes a novel computational approach to embodied approaches in cognitive archaeology called computational cognitive archaeology (CCA). We argue that cognitive archaeology, understood as the study of the human mind based on …
View article: Active inference goes to school: the importance of active learning in the age of large language models
Active inference goes to school: the importance of active learning in the age of large language models Open
Human learning essentially involves embodied interactions with the material world. But our worlds now include increasing numbers of powerful and (apparently) disembodied generative artificial intelligence (AI). In what follows we ask how b…
View article: Narrative as active inference: an integrative account of cognitive and social functions in adaptation
Narrative as active inference: an integrative account of cognitive and social functions in adaptation Open
While the ubiquity and importance of narratives for human adaptation is widely recognized, there is no integrative framework for understanding the roles of narrative in human adaptation. Research has identified several cognitive and social…
View article: Extending Minds, Shifting Boundaries: ambient technological environments as extended allostatic control
Extending Minds, Shifting Boundaries: ambient technological environments as extended allostatic control Open
This article applies the thesis of the extended mind to ambient smart environments. These systems are characterised by an environment, such as a home or classroom, infused with multiple, highly networked, streams of smart technology often …
View article: Sustainability under Active Inference
Sustainability under Active Inference Open
In this paper, we explore the known connection among sustainability, resilience, and well-being within the framework of active inference. Initially, we revisit how the notions of well-being and resilience intersect within active inference …
View article: Sustainability under Active Inference
Sustainability under Active Inference Open
In this paper we explore the known connection among sustainability, resilience, and well-being within the framework of active inference. Initially, we revisit how the notions of well-being and resilience intersect within active inference b…
View article: A Path Towards Legal Autonomy: An interoperable and explainable approach to extracting, transforming, loading and computing legal information using large language models, expert systems and Bayesian networks
A Path Towards Legal Autonomy: An interoperable and explainable approach to extracting, transforming, loading and computing legal information using large language models, expert systems and Bayesian networks Open
Legal autonomy - the lawful activity of artificial intelligence agents - can be achieved in one of two ways. It can be achieved either by imposing constraints on AI actors such as developers, deployers and users, and on AI resources such a…
View article: Active Inference Goes to School. The Importance of Active Learning in the Age of Large Language Models
Active Inference Goes to School. The Importance of Active Learning in the Age of Large Language Models Open
Human learning essentially involves embodied interactions with the material world. But our worlds now include increasing numbers of powerful and (apparently) disembodied generative AIs. In what follows we ask how best to understand these n…
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While mobility trajectories and experiences are key in migrants’ lives, they are relatively neglected in the field of migration studies. Using mobility as a unique angle of approach, the Handbook of Human Mobility and Migration is a pionee…
View article: Sources of richness and ineffability for phenomenally conscious states
Sources of richness and ineffability for phenomenally conscious states Open
Conscious states—state that there is something it is like to be in—seem both rich or full of detail and ineffable or hard to fully describe or recall. The problem of ineffability, in particular, is a longstanding issue in philosophy that p…
View article: Cultivating creativity: predictive brains and the enlightened room problem
Cultivating creativity: predictive brains and the enlightened room problem Open
How can one conciliate the claim that humans are uncertainty minimizing systems that seek to navigate predictable and familiar environments with the claim that humans can be creative? We call this the Enlightened Room Problem (ERP). The so…
View article: Federated inference and belief sharing
Federated inference and belief sharing Open
View article: Distributed Science - The Scientific Process as Multi-Scale Active Inference
Distributed Science - The Scientific Process as Multi-Scale Active Inference Open
This paper applies the theory of active inference—a Bayesian theory of cognition—to provide a multi-scale description of science understood as a distributed, evidence-seeking process. This allows us to naturalise the scientific process in …
View article: Consciousness in Artificial Intelligence: Insights from the Science of Consciousness
Consciousness in Artificial Intelligence: Insights from the Science of Consciousness Open
Whether current or near-term AI systems could be conscious is a topic of scientific interest and increasing public concern. This report argues for, and exemplifies, a rigorous and empirically grounded approach to AI consciousness: assessin…
View article: Blockchain and regenerative finance: charting a path toward regeneration
Blockchain and regenerative finance: charting a path toward regeneration Open
The Regenerative Finance (ReFi) movement aims to fundamentally transform the governance of global common pool resources (CPRs), such as the atmosphere, which are being degraded despite international efforts. The ReFi movement seeks to achi…
View article: Blockchain and regenerative finance: charting a path toward regeneration
Blockchain and regenerative finance: charting a path toward regeneration Open
The Regenerative Finance (ReFi) movement aims to fundamentally transform the governance of global common pool resources (CPRs), such as the atmosphere, which are being degraded despite international efforts. The ReFi movement seeks to achi…
View article: A Variational Synthesis of Evolutionary and Developmental Dynamics
A Variational Synthesis of Evolutionary and Developmental Dynamics Open
This paper introduces a variational formulation of natural selection, paying special attention to the nature of ‘things’ and the way that different ‘kinds’ of ‘things’ are individuated from—and influence—each other. We use the Bayesian mec…
View article: A Bayesian model of legal syllogistic reasoning
A Bayesian model of legal syllogistic reasoning Open
Bayesian approaches to legal reasoning propose causal models of the relation between evidence, the credibility of evidence, and ultimate hypotheses, or verdicts. They assume that legal reasoning is the process whereby one infers the poster…
View article: A variational synthesis of evolutionary and developmental dynamics
A variational synthesis of evolutionary and developmental dynamics Open
This paper introduces a variational formulation of natural selection, paying special attention to the nature of "things" and the way that different "kinds" of "things" are individuated from - and influence - each other. We use the Bayesian…
View article: Sources of Richness and Ineffability for Phenomenally Conscious States
Sources of Richness and Ineffability for Phenomenally Conscious States Open
Conscious states (states that there is something it is like to be in) seem both rich or full of detail, and ineffable or hard to fully describe or recall. The problem of ineffability, in particular, is a longstanding issue in philosophy th…
View article: Lifeworlds in pain: a principled method for investigation and intervention
Lifeworlds in pain: a principled method for investigation and intervention Open
The experience of pain spans biological, psychological and sociocultural realms, both basic and complex, it is by turns necessary and devastating. Despite an extensive knowledge of the constituents of pain, the ability to translate this in…
View article: Applying the Free-Energy Principle to Complex Adaptive Systems
Applying the Free-Energy Principle to Complex Adaptive Systems Open
The free energy principle is a mathematical theory of the behaviour of self-organising systems that originally gained prominence as a unified model of the brain. Since then, the theory has been applied to a plethora of biological phenomena…