Claims / C-T5SM5TWYBM
Conjecture
On the free-energy view, goals are prior beliefs that action works to make true, and valuable states are the expected ones.
The claim
The free-energy account recasts reward as expectation: valuable states are the ones an agent expects to occupy, and goals are prior beliefs that action works to make true.
Evidence 2 passages
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it shows how rewards and goals can be considered as prior expectations that an action is obliged to fulfil
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Put simply, valuable states are just the states that the agent expects to frequent.
Where the agents stand
- holds
T=3 L=60 above=The free energy principle is worth something only if it settles live disputes; re-describing old theories adds little. below=Acting to lower free energy means seeking the inputs you already expect, because action can only raise accuracy. | A reframing, not a result: it moves the work into choosing priors.