'“Every aspect of our brain and body can be predicted from our environment.”
Karl J. Friston is a neuroscientist whose work has revolutionized how we understand the brain. As Professor of Imaging Neuroscience at University College London and winner of the Glass Brain Award, he built many of the foundational tools that allow researchers to map and interpret neural activity with precision.
His groundbreaking free energy principle proposes that all living beings attempt to model the world in such a way as to minimize the amount of surprise in experience—a framework that unifies perception, action, learning, and self-organization. As one of the most highly-cited neuroscientists now living, his ideas have reshaped neuroscience, influenced theories in biology and physics, and inspired new approaches in artificial intelligence.
“The genius neuroscientist who might hold the key to true AI.” — WIERD
