DERIN-EPT: Embodied Predictive Thermodynamic Architecture for Consciousness-Inspired Edge AI

DERIN-EPT (Digital Experiential Reasoning Intelligence Network) is a novel cognitive architecture that implements the Free Energy Principle, Predictive Processing, and Hebbian Plasticity on NVIDIA Jetson AGX Thor edge hardware. Paradigm Shift: Unlike traditional LLM-based agents, DERIN-EPT perceives its hardware substrate (GPU, thermal state, power) as its own distinctive "body," utilizing this embodied experience to drive autonomous decision-making and self-preservation.