Jeff Beck
Researcher and educator in machine learning and computational neuroscience, known for work on energy-based models, Bayesian approaches to inference, and conceptual foundations of agency and cognition.
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Jan 25, 2026 • 47min
VAEs Are Energy-Based Models? [Dr. Jeff Beck]
Dr. Jeff Beck, a researcher in ML and computational neuroscience, explores agency, energy-based models, and the foundations of intelligence. He discusses whether planning can be distinguished from complex policies, how VAEs act as energy-based models by optimizing latents, the JEPA approach to learning in latent space, and risks like human enfeeblement from over-reliance on AI.
