BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:researchseminars.org CALSCALE:GREGORIAN X-WR-CALNAME:researchseminars.org BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Inês Hipólito (Humboldt-Universität) DTSTART:20220908T160000Z DTEND:20220908T170000Z DTSTAMP:20260423T003255Z UID:MPML/84 DESCRIPTION:Title: Th e Free Energy Principle in the Edge of Chaos\nby Inês Hipólito (Humb oldt-Universität) as part of Mathematics\, Physics and Machine Learning ( IST\, Lisbon)\n\n\nAbstract\nLiving beings do an extraordinary thing. By b eing alive they are resisting the second law of thermodynamics. This law s tipulates that open\, living systems tend to dissipation by the increase o f entropy or chaos. From minimal cognitive organisms like plants to more c omplex organisms equipped with nervous systems\, all living systems adjust and adapt to their environments\, thereby resisting the second law. Impre ssively\, while all animals cognitively enact and survive their local envi ronments\, more complex systems do so also by actively constructing their local environments\, thereby not only defying the second law\, but also (e volution) selective properties. Because all living beings defy the second law by adjusting and engaging with the environment\, a prominent question is how do living organisms persist while engaging in adaptive exchanges wi th their complex environments? In this talk I will offer an overview of ho w the Free Energy Principle (FEP) offers a principled solution to this pro blem. The FEP prescribes that living systems maintain themselves by remain ing in non-equilibrium steady states by restricting themselves to a limite d number of states\; it has been widely applied to explain neurocognitive function and embodied action\, develop artificial intelligence and inspire psychopathology models.\n LOCATION:https://researchseminars.org/talk/MPML/84/ END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR