Conservative entropic forces

Comment: Causal entropic forces

In a recent paper, [1] proposes a mechanism to explain the occurence of intelligent behavior. The proposal is to consider a stochastic dynamical system and to compute the entropy of trajectories over a finite time horizon, all starting in the same initial state x. The dynamics is then a gradient flow that maximizes this so-called causal entropy. In this comment, I argue that the causal entropic...

Causal entropic forces.

Recent advances in fields ranging from cosmology to computer science have hinted at a possible deep connection between intelligence and entropy maximization, but no formal physical relationship between them has yet been established. Here, we explicitly propose a first step toward such a relationship in the form of a causal generalization of entropic forces that we find can cause two defining be...

Entropic forces between fluid layers.

Entropic Forces in Geophysical Fluid Dynamics

Theories and numerical models of atmospheres and oceans are based on classical mechanics with added parameterizations to represent subgrid variability. Reformulated in terms of derivatives of information entropy with respect to large scale configurations, we find systematic forces very different from those usually assumed. Two examples are given. We see that entropic forcing by ocean eddies sys...

Quantum Mechanical Foundations of Causal Entropic Forces

The theory of Causal Entropic Forces was introduced to explain the emergence of intelligence as a phenomenon in physical systems. Although the theory provides illustrations of how behavior shaped by causal entropic forces resembles human cognitive niche in specific simple settings, the theory leaves open some important questions. First, the definition of causal entropic forces, in terms of acti...