I agree but I don’t think that this is the specific problem. I think it’s more that the relationship between agent and environment changes over time i.e. the nodes in the Markov blanket are not fixed, and as such a Markov blanket is not the best way to model it.
The grasshopper moving through space is just an example. When the grasshopper moves, the structure of the Markov blanket changes radically. Or, if you want to maintain a single Markov blanket then it gets really large and complicated.
The question of object boundaries, including self-boundary (where am I ending? What is within my boundary and what is without it? ) are epistemic questions themselves, right. So, there is the information problem of individuality.
So, hypothetically, we need to consider all possible boundary foliations and topologies. But since this is immediately intractable, to device some “effective field theory of ethics wrt. these boundaries”.
Another approach, apart from considering boundaries per se, is to consider care light cones. As far as I understand, Urte Laukaityte just worked in this direction during her PIBBSS fellowship.
I agree but I don’t think that this is the specific problem. I think it’s more that the relationship between agent and environment changes over time i.e. the nodes in the Markov blanket are not fixed, and as such a Markov blanket is not the best way to model it.
The grasshopper moving through space is just an example. When the grasshopper moves, the structure of the Markov blanket changes radically. Or, if you want to maintain a single Markov blanket then it gets really large and complicated.
The question of object boundaries, including self-boundary (where am I ending? What is within my boundary and what is without it? ) are epistemic questions themselves, right. So, there is the information problem of individuality.
So, hypothetically, we need to consider all possible boundary foliations and topologies. But since this is immediately intractable, to device some “effective field theory of ethics wrt. these boundaries”.
Another approach, apart from considering boundaries per se, is to consider care light cones. As far as I understand, Urte Laukaityte just worked in this direction during her PIBBSS fellowship.