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The Free Energy Principle & Deep Learning | The Fusion of Variational Methods and AI to: 1) Demystify Human Perception 2) Demystify Neuro-Psychiatric Disorders 3) Create True AI

📢I am delighted to announce that our recent paper has been accepted at the 𝗡𝗲𝘂𝗿𝗼𝗔𝗜 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗽 at ⚡NeurIPS⚡. The paper is entitled: '𝘽𝙧𝙖𝙞𝙣 𝙞𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝘿𝙖𝙧𝙠: 𝘿𝙚𝙨𝙞𝙜𝙣 𝙋𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙘𝙞𝙥𝙡𝙚𝙨 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙉𝙚𝙪𝙧𝙤𝙢𝙞𝙢𝙚𝙩𝙞𝙘 𝙄𝙣𝙛𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙘𝙚 𝙪𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙁𝙧𝙚𝙚 𝙀𝙣𝙚𝙧𝙜𝙮 𝙋𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙘𝙞𝙥𝙡𝙚' This was based on a close collaboration with Dr. Szymon Urbas from Maynooth University and Prof. Karl Friston from UCL. We would also like to express our gratitude to Prof. Brendan Murphy and Prof. Adeel Razi for their invaluable feedback and support throughout the process. 𝘼𝙗𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙘𝙩: --------------------------------------------------------------- Deep learning has revolutionised artificial intelligence (AI) by enabling automatic feature extraction and function approximation from raw data. However, it faces challenges such as a lack of out-of-distribution generalisation, catastrophic forgetting and poor interpretability. In contrast, biological neural networks, such as those in the human brain, do not suffer from these issues, inspiring AI researchers to explore neuromimetic deep learning, which aims to replicate brain mechanisms within AI models. A foundational theory for this approach is the Free Energy Principle (FEP), which despite its potential, is often considered too complex to understand and implement in AI as it requires an interdisciplinary understanding across a variety of fields. This paper seeks to demystify the FEP and provide a comprehensive framework for designing neuromimetic models with human-like perception capabilities. We present a roadmap for implementing these models and a Pytorch code repository for applying FEP in a predictive coding network. #machinelearning #AI #deeplearning #neuralnetworks #artificialintelligence #robotics #neuroscience #datascience #datascientist

Maycon Romario 🦎

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2mo

Congratulations Mehra, success, I really liked your work

Noel O'Connor

Chief Executive Officer at Insight SFI Research Centre for Data Analytics

1mo

Well done Meehan, great news 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

Brian Mac Namee

Associate Professor at University College Dublin (UCD)

1mo

Brilliant news, well done.

Sauugat Aryal

PhD student at University College Dublin

2mo

Many Congratulations Mehran!! The hard work finally paid-off. Looking forward to read the paper.

Aswin Paul

Machine learning researcher working at the intersection of artificial and natural intelligence.

2mo

Congratulations!

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Badri Narayanan

PhD | Data Science Professional | Machine Learning Researcher | Corporate Trainer

2mo

Amazing Mehran Bazargani Ph.D. Well done!

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