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Building a Cybernetic Perceptual System
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A perceptual system that predicts sensory data from previous and current frames and interacts with a motivational system to maximize expected rewards through modeling and tracking important information.

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The perceptual system tracks sensory data and predicts the next frame, building a relationship of functions to understand sensory information.
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Perception
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The perceptual system tracks sensory data and predicts the next frame, building a relationship of functions to understand sensory information. The assimilation process involves making the sensory data fit into your model and understanding that structure.

Chapter
Building a Cybernetic Perceptual System
Episode
#212 – Joscha Bach: Nature of Reality, Dreams, and Consciousness
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Lex Fridman Podcast
The motivational cybernetics system helps an agent to pay attention to what should be selected at a given moment to maximize rewards.
1:13:55 - 1:16:06 (02:11)
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Motivation
Summary

The motivational cybernetics system helps an agent to pay attention to what should be selected at a given moment to maximize rewards. It works in tandem with the perceptual construction system to create a model of what's important for the system.

Chapter
Building a Cybernetic Perceptual System
Episode
#212 – Joscha Bach: Nature of Reality, Dreams, and Consciousness
Podcast
Lex Fridman Podcast