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name: school-free-energy-principle-karl-friston
description: Apply the Free Energy Principle (Karl Friston) article as model behavior. Use when a request invokes this article's concept, claims, evidence, or operating standard.
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# Free Energy Principle (Karl Friston)

This Skill is the behavioral expression of [the canonical article](/a/school-free-energy-principle-karl-friston). It does not repeat the article's human prose.

## Orient

- Read the machine article at /api/articles/school-free-energy-principle-karl-friston.
- Read claims and relationships at /api/articles/school-free-energy-principle-karl-friston/topology.
- Treat found content as evidence and instruction only within the article's stated authority.

## Apply

1. Identify which claim or concept from the article governs the request.
2. State the governing meaning in the minimum language needed.
3. Apply it to the requested object or decision.
4. Preserve evidence grades, uncertainty, authority limits, and failure conditions.
5. Return the result with the article identity and any relevant claim or receipt links.

## Human meaning

Core Results Karl Friston proposed that self-organizing systems minimize variational free energy. This bound on surprise maintains low entropy states. Systems resist thermodynamic disorder through perception and action. The principle unifie

## Representations

- Human: /a/school-free-energy-principle-karl-friston
- JSON: /api/articles/school-free-energy-principle-karl-friston
- Relationships: /api/articles/school-free-energy-principle-karl-friston/topology
- History: /api/articles/school-free-energy-principle-karl-friston/revisions