From Active Inference to Causal Inference?
Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: In this talk, I will first review core tenets of active inference, a modelling approach developed by theoretical neuroscientist Karl Friston and colleagues. I will then critically examine the extent to which an active inference agent engages in causal inference. To do this, I will first outline how causal inference, as per Judea Pearl’s framework, differs from mere probabilistic inference. Finally, I will argue that, contrary to initial appearances, active inference agents may perform interventional, but not counterfactual, causal inference.
DOI: 10.22032/dbt.68222
Authors: Wiese, Wanja, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena. Multimediazentrum
Language: English
Subfield: Cognitive Neuroscience
Field: Neuroscience
Domain: Life Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W7109338107
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