Chris Fields
@chrisfields38.bsky.social
basal cognition, emergent spacetime, active inference - chrisfieldsresearch.com
Delighted to be interviewed by @gunnargronlid.bsky.social for his new hbar Journal:
hbarjournal.substack.com/p/the-physic...
hbarjournal.substack.com/p/the-physic...
The Physics of Free Will — A dialogue with Chris Fields
“If anything has free will, everything does.” — Chris Fields
hbarjournal.substack.com
November 1, 2025 at 2:14 PM
Delighted to be interviewed by @gunnargronlid.bsky.social for his new hbar Journal:
hbarjournal.substack.com/p/the-physic...
hbarjournal.substack.com/p/the-physic...
Just out today - generic agents and the FEP from unmodified quantum information theory.
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
Distributed Information and Computation in Generic Quantum Systems
This book provides insight into modern constructs of AI and quantum information and includes tools for the characterization of physical interactions.
link.springer.com
October 21, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Just out today - generic agents and the FEP from unmodified quantum information theory.
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
link.springer.com/book/10.1007...
New preprint showing that the classicality of the observed world can only be a pragmatic assumption.
arxiv.org/abs/2510.08239
arxiv.org/abs/2510.08239
Operational protocols cannot certify classicality
The existence and practical utility of operational protocols that certify entanglement raises the question of whether operational protocols exist that certify the absence of entanglement, i.e. that ce...
arxiv.org
October 10, 2025 at 4:20 PM
New preprint showing that the classicality of the observed world can only be a pragmatic assumption.
arxiv.org/abs/2510.08239
arxiv.org/abs/2510.08239
New preprint constructing geometric representations of computations: arxiv.org/abs/2509.19772
Amplituhedra for Generic Quantum Processes from Computation-Scattering Correspondence
We study the relationship between computation and scattering both operationally (hence phenomenologically) and formally. We show how topological quantum neural networks (TQNNs) enable universal quantu...
arxiv.org
October 4, 2025 at 1:02 PM
New preprint constructing geometric representations of computations: arxiv.org/abs/2509.19772
Whether a quantum computation employs nonlocal resources is operationally undecidable
doi.org/10.1209/0295...
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doi.org/10.1209/0295...
via @ioppublishing.bsky.social
Whether a quantum computation employs nonlocal resources is operationally undecidable - IOPscience
Whether a quantum computation employs nonlocal resources is operationally undecidable, Fields, Chris, Glazebrook, James F., Marcianò, Antonino, Zappala, Emanuele
doi.org
September 5, 2025 at 3:14 PM
Whether a quantum computation employs nonlocal resources is operationally undecidable
doi.org/10.1209/0295...
via @ioppublishing.bsky.social
doi.org/10.1209/0295...
via @ioppublishing.bsky.social
A useful guide to our era: firstmonday.org/ojs/index.ph...
The TESCREAL bundle: Eugenics and the promise of utopia through artificial general intelligence
| First Monday
firstmonday.org
August 24, 2025 at 5:38 PM
A useful guide to our era: firstmonday.org/ojs/index.ph...
Reposted by Chris Fields
Article: "How do inner screens enable imaginative experience? Applying the free-energy principle directly to the study of conscious experience"
Coauthors: @chrisfields38.bsky.social, Mahault Albarracin, Alex Kiefer, @mjdramstead.bsky.social, Adam Safron
academic.oup.com/nc/article/2...
Coauthors: @chrisfields38.bsky.social, Mahault Albarracin, Alex Kiefer, @mjdramstead.bsky.social, Adam Safron
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How do inner screens enable imaginative experience? Applying the free-energy principle directly to the study of conscious experience
Abstract. This paper examines the constraints that the free-energy principle (FEP) places on possible model of consciousness, particularly models of attent
academic.oup.com
April 24, 2025 at 3:52 PM
Article: "How do inner screens enable imaginative experience? Applying the free-energy principle directly to the study of conscious experience"
Coauthors: @chrisfields38.bsky.social, Mahault Albarracin, Alex Kiefer, @mjdramstead.bsky.social, Adam Safron
academic.oup.com/nc/article/2...
Coauthors: @chrisfields38.bsky.social, Mahault Albarracin, Alex Kiefer, @mjdramstead.bsky.social, Adam Safron
academic.oup.com/nc/article/2...
Negligence? As if he's not sharing military plans via Signal on purpose? How about "violation of the Espionage Act"?
Every day Secretary Hegseth is in charge, he puts American safety and our men and women in uniform at risk. This is negligence, plain and simple.
Hegseth’s Personal Phone Use Created Vulnerabilities
www.nytimes.com
April 26, 2025 at 6:28 AM
Negligence? As if he's not sharing military plans via Signal on purpose? How about "violation of the Espionage Act"?
Sure looks like it.
There it is. Trump will always take care of billionaires over working families.
Now the question is, did he use insider trading to take care of his billionaire donors?
Now the question is, did he use insider trading to take care of his billionaire donors?
April 11, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Sure looks like it.
Burn him!
Maybe a protest sign only New Mexicans get but I give it an A for creativity. #albuquerque #handsoff
April 6, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Burn him!
Reposted by Chris Fields
In New Mexico, we stand up for workers and justice. I
marched alongside the fierce Dolores Huerta and community this morning in Barelas. In this moment, in this country, we have to harness our strength, stand together and fight for what is right, and I'm not backing down.
marched alongside the fierce Dolores Huerta and community this morning in Barelas. In this moment, in this country, we have to harness our strength, stand together and fight for what is right, and I'm not backing down.
April 5, 2025 at 7:43 PM
In New Mexico, we stand up for workers and justice. I
marched alongside the fierce Dolores Huerta and community this morning in Barelas. In this moment, in this country, we have to harness our strength, stand together and fight for what is right, and I'm not backing down.
marched alongside the fierce Dolores Huerta and community this morning in Barelas. In this moment, in this country, we have to harness our strength, stand together and fight for what is right, and I'm not backing down.
Reposted by Chris Fields
Today, we’re saying hands off
Medicaid, Social Security, VA benefits and all of the programs that New Mexicans rely on. As we stand together, we send a clear message: we will never stop organizing and we will stand up for our communities!
Medicaid, Social Security, VA benefits and all of the programs that New Mexicans rely on. As we stand together, we send a clear message: we will never stop organizing and we will stand up for our communities!
April 5, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Today, we’re saying hands off
Medicaid, Social Security, VA benefits and all of the programs that New Mexicans rely on. As we stand together, we send a clear message: we will never stop organizing and we will stand up for our communities!
Medicaid, Social Security, VA benefits and all of the programs that New Mexicans rely on. As we stand together, we send a clear message: we will never stop organizing and we will stand up for our communities!
Yep, that's goal. A country for the rich and only the rich. What's the plan for reversing this takeover?
While Americans brace for the harsh impacts of President Trump’s tariffs, Republicans are making life harder and more expensive for working families.
April 5, 2025 at 3:48 PM
Yep, that's goal. A country for the rich and only the rich. What's the plan for reversing this takeover?
What about the rising tide of vicious right-wing madness that has engulfed the world over the past two decades. Might that have anything to do with it?
Are smartphones and social media really harming adolescents’ mental health?
I reported on this for @nature.com and found a big debate over the evidence, but useful advice for parents and young people.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
I reported on this for @nature.com and found a big debate over the evidence, but useful advice for parents and young people.
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Do smartphones and social media really harm teens’ mental health?
Researchers are debating the strength of evidence connecting technology to surging rates of adolescent mental illness. But they have some clear advice for parents.
www.nature.com
April 2, 2025 at 5:46 PM
What about the rising tide of vicious right-wing madness that has engulfed the world over the past two decades. Might that have anything to do with it?
Every senator who values freedom should now step up.
Yesterday, my friend @booker.senate.gov gave voice to everyone being harmed by Trump and Musk’s actions.
In doing so, he broke a record–one set almost 70 years ago in protest of the Civil Rights Act.
Fighting for the people will always be more powerful than fighting against them.
In doing so, he broke a record–one set almost 70 years ago in protest of the Civil Rights Act.
Fighting for the people will always be more powerful than fighting against them.
April 2, 2025 at 5:38 PM
Every senator who values freedom should now step up.
Lovely. Thank you, and Congratulations!
Happy news! My music video Hermosa Mariposa (Beautiful Butterfly) was just selected by Frome International Climate Film Festival to be shown, in the UK in May. www.youtube.com/watch?v=T0Gw...
Hermosa Mariposa
YouTube video by Bette T Korber
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April 2, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Lovely. Thank you, and Congratulations!
What will you do to oppose this?
For weeks, Republicans have laid the foundation to sell off our public lands to fund tax handouts for billionaire donors. Now, their plans are out in the open.
Make it clear just how unpopular these attacks on our American birthright are. Public lands belong in public hands.
Make it clear just how unpopular these attacks on our American birthright are. Public lands belong in public hands.
April 2, 2025 at 1:27 PM
What will you do to oppose this?
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Tonight was evidence that at the very least, Elon Musk and Trump cannot manipulate an election that isn't close.
So let's make sure no future elections are even close.
Let's end any squabbling, unite behind any democrat in every special election, and every general election going forward.
So let's make sure no future elections are even close.
Let's end any squabbling, unite behind any democrat in every special election, and every general election going forward.
April 2, 2025 at 10:24 AM
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All voter suppression acts are un-American. The only goal of these bills is the replacement of democracy with dictatorship.
I’m voting against the SAVE Act because it would disenfranchise Native voters, active-duty service members, and married women. This bill is dangerous, unnecessary, and un-American.
April 1, 2025 at 7:05 PM
All voter suppression acts are un-American. The only goal of these bills is the replacement of democracy with dictatorship.
They don't intend to put anything back together.
This seems bad. Does it seem bad to anyone else?
Former FDA commissioner on LinkedIn:
April 1, 2025 at 7:00 PM
They don't intend to put anything back together.
Please make sure all New Mexicans understand that Trump has just imposed new sales taxes that they will have to pay.
Is it just me or is Trump walking America into a recession???
April 1, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Please make sure all New Mexicans understand that Trump has just imposed new sales taxes that they will have to pay.
This is the expression I want to see on all their faces.
Crucial point from @jenrubin.bsky.social: The Hegseth fiasco is on GOP Senators, and "concern" won't cut it anymore.
"If they're afraid to be challenged in a primary or have mean tweets put out about them, then they aren’t fit for public office."
Listen on the pod:
newrepublic.com/article/1933...
"If they're afraid to be challenged in a primary or have mean tweets put out about them, then they aren’t fit for public office."
Listen on the pod:
newrepublic.com/article/1933...
Trump Text Fiasco Suddenly Worsens as MAGA Knives Come Out for Hegseth
As Trump allies begin turning on Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth amid the darkening war-text scandal, Jennifer Rubin of The Contrarian explains why this will grow politically untenable for Trump and th...
newrepublic.com
March 31, 2025 at 6:48 PM
This is the expression I want to see on all their faces.
Reposted by Chris Fields
Does everyone understand that this would END 80 years of US world leadership, topple international stability, and make NUCLEAR WAR way more likely?
Greenland is part of Denmark. Attacking Denmark would make all of NATO our ENEMY.
Greenland is part of Denmark. Attacking Denmark would make all of NATO our ENEMY.
March 30, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Does everyone understand that this would END 80 years of US world leadership, topple international stability, and make NUCLEAR WAR way more likely?
Greenland is part of Denmark. Attacking Denmark would make all of NATO our ENEMY.
Greenland is part of Denmark. Attacking Denmark would make all of NATO our ENEMY.