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Welcome to the Active Inference Institute

Participatory Institute, learning & applying Active Inference: "Act. Infer. Serve."

Active Inference Institute

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Active Inference Institute (AII)⁠

is a participatory open-science institute curating and developing applications related to the Active Inference framework.

All backgrounds, time zones, time availability, and level of familiarity with Active Inference are welcome and encouraged to participate in the Institute.

Ways to learn & apply at the Active Inference Institute

Join any synchronous meeting listed at

Activities⁠

(updated with 2023 schedule)

See

Textbook Group Registration⁠

to participate in a Textbook Group

See

Volunteer⁠

to learn about contributing to projects at the Institute

See

Internship⁠

to learn about the Internship program at the Institute

Join the

Discord⁠

, where all meetings are held in voice chat.

You can find the calendar of upcoming meetings in the Discord, and in

Activities⁠

, and also add the calendar to your

gCal⁠

iCal⁠

Reach out to us directly at

activeinference@gmail.com⁠

with questions or ideas.

What are some ways to get more familiar with Active Inference?

See our

past and upcoming Livestreams⁠

, many with downloadable transcripts, links to papers, etc.

Readings:

“

Of woodlice and men: A Bayesian account of cognition, life and consciousness⁠

” 2018 conversational-style interview with Karl Friston.

The 2022 Textbook: “

Active Inference: The Free Energy Principle in Mind, Brain, and Behavior⁠

” by Thomas Parr, Giovanni Pezzulo, Karl J. Friston

See

Textbook Group Registration⁠

to join an Textbook Group, learning about this textbook in a collaborative setting.

Spinning Up in Active Inference and the Free Energy Principle⁠

" by Jared Tumiel

“

FEP and Active Inference Paper Repository⁠

” by Beren Millidge

A. Levenchuk, 2015 “

Towards a Systems Engineering Essence⁠

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“

Active Inference & Behavior Engineering for Teams⁠

”, Vyatkin et al. 2020

“An Active Inference Ontology for Decentralized Science: from Situated Sensemaking to the Epistemic Commons”,

Friedman et al. 2022⁠

Active Inference Institute is active on the following platforms:

Discord:

https://discord.gg/8VNKNp4jtx⁠

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Twitter:

twitter.com/InferenceActive⁠

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YouTube:

youtube.com/c/ActiveInference⁠

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Podbean:

https://activeinference.podbean.com/⁠

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Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/ActiveInference⁠

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LinkedIn:

https://www.linkedin.com/company/active-inference/⁠

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Would you like to see us active somewhere else? There are endless opportunities for participation. Take us to your platform of choice, or help to increase our activity by promoting us on any of the existing platforms.

Ways to learn & apply at the Active Inference Institute

What are some ways to get more familiar with Active Inference?

Active Inference Institute is active on the following platforms:

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