# Karl Friston **Entity class:** Neuroscientist and theoretical researcher **Collections:** [[collections/Consciousness Continuity|Consciousness Continuity]] · [[collections/Neurotech|Neurotech]] **Canonical source article:** [[articles/Host-Indexed Autonomy|Host-Indexed Autonomy]] ## Definition **Karl Friston** is a neuroscientist associated with the [[wiki/Free Energy Principle|Free Energy Principle]] and [[wiki/Active Inference|active inference]], frameworks concerning generative models, prediction, self-organization, and adaptive regulation. ## Relationships - **Advisor to:** [[wiki/PRISM (Partnership for Research Into Sentient Machines)|PRISM]]. - **Institutional affiliation:** [[wiki/University College London|University College London]]. - **Research routes:** [[wiki/Free Energy Principle|Free Energy Principle]], [[wiki/Active Inference|active inference]], [[wiki/Predictive Processing|predictive processing]], and [[wiki/Homeostasis|homeostasis]]. - **Boundary:** adjacency to artificial-consciousness research does not establish that active inference is sufficient for consciousness. - **Collection and source routes:** [[collections/Consciousness Continuity|Consciousness Continuity]], [[collections/Neurotech|Neurotech]], and [[articles/Host-Indexed Autonomy|Host-Indexed Autonomy]]. ## Sources - [PRISM — team and advisors](https://www.prism-global.com/)