Variational Autoencoder
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A type of generative model in machine learning that can be used to think about the future conditioned upon different courses of action, relevant to planning and consciousness.
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Karl Friston: Neuroscience and the Free Energy Principle | Lex Fridman Podcast #99
Lex Fridman
A type of generative model in machine learning that can be used to think about the future conditioned upon different courses of action, relevant to planning and consciousness.

Foundations of Unsupervised Deep Learning (Ruslan Salakhutdinov, CMU)
Lex Fridman
A specific type of Helmholtz machine that defines a generative process through cascades of stochastic layers, capable of modeling complex nonlinear relationships.