Phi fluctuates with surprisal: An empirical pre-study for the synthesis of the free energy principle and integrated information theory.
PLoS Computational Biology October 1, 2023 Christoffer Lundbak Olesen, Peter Thestrup Waade, Larissa Albantakis et al.
The Free Energy Principle (FEP) and Integrated Information Theory (IIT) are two ambitious theoretical approaches. The first aims to make a formal framework for describing self-organizing and life-like systems in general, and the second attempts a mathematical theory of conscious experience based on the intrinsic properties of a system. They are each concerned with complementary aspects of the...