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Shared worlds, shared minds

Year: 2025

Type: article

Abstract: This article explores the training of embodied AI systems and robots through engagement with physical and social environments, drawing parallels with living organisms. We examine key challenges in developing embodied AI systems that learn through prediction, interaction and modification of their environments and discuss the societal implications.

Source: EMBO Reports

DOI: 10.1038/s44319-025-00549-8

Authors: Giovanni Pezzulo, Thomas Parr, Karl J Friston

Institutions: National Research Council, Institute of Cognitive Sciences and Technologies, University of Oxford, National Hospital for Neurology and Neurosurgery, UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology, University College London

Language: English

Topic: Embodied and Extended Cognition

Subfield: Cognitive Neuroscience

Field: Neuroscience

Domain: Life Sciences

Open Access status: gold

Estimated APC paid: $7,990

Funders: Wellcome Trust, National Institute for Health and Care Research, European Research Council

Awards: G2730458840, G3612897592, G368197649, The boundless brain: making the leap from lab to life

OpenAlex ID: W4413357097

FWCI: 1.141

Cites: 16

Cited by: 2

Related to: 10