There are two types of "information flow": the ordinary "information flow" that connects intelligence with the world surrounding it, and "information flow by internal circulation" that circulates inside intelligence.
"Information flow by internal circulation" has a role to organize information inside intelligence. It keeps on working even when information flow from the world outside slows down, for example, while organisms are sleeping. *
■References (Books, papers, Web articles, etc.)
「デジタルゲームにおける人工知能エンジン」 映像情報メディア学会 学会誌 2014年2月号 https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/itej/68/2/68_125/_pdf
*: "When an organism is sleeping, information from the outside is limited to the extreme level, and the loops of information flow inside grows, and the accumulated memories are changed and organized. This has the same effects as dreams. It is expected that the information flow closed in the inside contributes to the strong self-structuring inside of the intelligence. And it will be on the agenda of research in the internal structure of Agent Architecture. " (Quoted from 「デジタルゲームにおける人工知能エンジン」)
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