Conscious active inference I: A quantum model naturally implements the path integral needed for real-time planning and control

2025/01/01 by Michael Wiest, Arjan Singh Puniani · 1 voice
Physics and Astronomy · #Quantum Mechanics and Applications

paper · doi:10.1016/j.csbj.2025.09.017

openalex publication_date 2025/01/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/23

Abstract

in a realistic context. We then explain that conscious (temporally deep) active inference is mathematically equivalent to the path integral that underlies quantum dynamics. A quantum model thus provides a natural, biologically plausible mechanistic implementation of the processing required by active inference. In the second paper we review independent strong theoretical and experimental evidence from my (Wiest) lab and others' supporting the "Orch OR" quantum theory of consciousness as a collective quantum property of intraneuronal microtubules, which explains the existence of discrete cycles of perceptual inference.

Citations

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