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Learning Perception and Planning with Deep Active Inference

arXiv 2001.11841 ↗First posted 30 Jan 2020cs.LG cs.AI stat.MLcited by 19

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Abstract (arXiv)

Active inference is a process theory of the brain that states that all living organisms infer actions in order to minimize their (expected) free energy. However, current experiments are limited to predefined, often discrete, state spaces. In this paper we use recent advances in deep learning to learn the state space and approximate the necessary probability distributions to engage in active inference.

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  1. 2022pymdp: A Python library for active inference in discrete state spacescited by 39
  2. 2022The Free Energy Principle for Perception and Action: A Deep Learning Perspectivecited by 24
  3. 2022Designing Ecosystems of Intelligence from First Principlescited by 23
  4. 2021Contrastive Active Inferencecited by 21
  5. 2021Branching Time Active Inference: the theory and its generalitycited by 15
  6. 2023On efficient computation in active inferencecited by 15
  7. 2021Exploration and preference satisfaction trade-off in reward-free learningcited by 12
  8. 2021Branching Time Active Inference: empirical study and complexity class analysiscited by 9
  9. 2021Prior Preference Learning from Experts:Designing a Reward with Active Inferencecited by 8
  10. 2021LatentSLAM: unsupervised multi-sensor representation learning for localization and mappingcited by 5
  11. 2022Learning Policies for Continuous Control via Transition Modelscited by 3
  12. 2021Branching Time Active Inference with Bayesian Filteringcited by 2
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  1. 2022Multi-Modal and Multi-Factor Branching Time Active Inferencecited by 2
  2. 2023Sophisticated Learning: A novel algorithm for active learning during model-based planningcited by 2
  3. 2025The Missing Reward: Active Inference in the Era of Experiencecited by 2
  4. 2024Free Energy Projective Simulation (FEPS): Active inference with interpretabilitycited by 1
  5. 2021Differentiable Generalised Predictive Codingcited by 0
  6. 2024Environment-Centric Active Inferencecited by 0
  7. 2025A memory-based active inference model of DishBrain-like adaptive behaviourcited by 0