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The article tells a story; it's not meant for people trying to grasp technical details. Furthermore, it can be argued that reading (well-written texts like this
by temperfidelis2x 8y ago
The article tells a story; it's not meant for people trying to grasp technical details. Furthermore, it can be argued that reading (well-written texts like this) for readings sake also broadens your mind.
- SubiculumCode 8y agoAt least provide a summary. I mean, "After completing his medical studies, Friston moved to Oxford and spent two years as a resident trainee at a Victorian-era hospital called Littlemore. Founded under the 1845 Lunacy Act, Littlemore had originally been instituted to help transfer all “pauper lunatics” from workhouses to hospitals. By the mid-1980s, when Friston arrived, it was one of the last of the old asylums on the outskirts of England’s cities." is a story. But as a neuroscientist with an interest in machine learning, I want to know the idea, not the history of Littlemore, attended by this scientist whose tools and methods I have used(Friston motion parameters, I am looking at you).
- temperfidelis2x 8y agoIn that case the wikipedia article is probably a decent starting point to see whether you are interested or not: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_energy_principle https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_energy_principle
- SubiculumCode 8y agoI'd agree but the "free energy principle" is first mentioned a good 1,000+ words into the article.