Fernando Rosas - University of Sussex, UK
Biography
Title: Exploring the informational architecture of agency
Abstract: In this talk we will explore recent advances that are opening the way towards novel approaches to characterise agents. We will first review how methods to disentangle qualitatively distinct types of information reveals a peculiar informational architecture that is distinctive of the human brain. This architecture allows to coordinate robust localised processing for ensuring reliable input-output functions, while enabling distributed processing in associative cortices associated with complex cognitive capabilities. We will then explore applications of computational mechanics to reverse-engineer perception-action loops from data, and discuss criteria for discriminating when modelling based on “blankets” is appropriate. We will conclude reviewing open question and future research directions related to these approaches.
