Andy Clark

Compression through internal and external information bottlenecks resolves information intractability across brains, bodies and worlds

The paper proposes that information bottlenecks, both internal and external, help agents manage information intractability by compressing and filtering environmental data across biological and cultural systems.

Thinging Through Modelling. Active Inference Meets Material Engagement

This paper uses Active Inference to simulate and explore the concept of thinging in Material Engagement Theory, showing how creative processes minimize internal model complexity through material engagement.