[ExI] The Genius Neuroscientist Who Might Hold the Key to True AI

[spike at rainier66.com]

-----Original Message-----
From: extropy-chat <extropy-chat-bounces at lists.extropy.org> On Behalf Of
Stuart LaForge via extropy-chat


Quoting John Grigg:


>> First the bad news: The free energy principle is maddeningly difficult 
> to understand. ...

>...What are they talking about? The free energy principle is hardly
incomprehensible, instead it seems obvious to me. Minimization of
free-energy is why chemical reactions occur in the first place and is a
direct consequence of the second law of thermodynamics. ...
Stuart LaForge




_______________________________________________


I think of the concept in term of Gibb's formulation.  We know how it works.
Why it works that way is a mystery, just as the second law: we see that it
works.  It isn't clear why exactly.

spike