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Thoughtseeds: A Hierarchical and Agentic Framework for Investigating Thought Dynamics in Meditative States
entropy-27-00459.pdf
10.3390/e27050459
CEREBRUM: Case-Enabled Reasoning Engine with Bayesian Representations for Unified Modeling
CEREBRUM_4-8-2025.pdf
10.5281/zenodo.15170907
Increasing the Accessibility and Applicability of Active Inference: Generative Playbooks and Open-Source Summer School Curriculum Development
ActiveInferenceInstitute_PlaybooksAndSummerSchool_Mikhailova-Friedman.pdf
10.5281/zenodo.15061667
On Time
On_Time_4-7-2025.pdf
10.5281/zenodo.15168381
ResNei: Solution Design Document
ResNei_v1_5-12-2025.pdf
10.5281/zenodo.15389682
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500+ videos on Active Inference
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10.5281/zenodo.7964130
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School_of_Tomorrow
DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.14946128
GEO-INFER
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Generalized Notation Notation
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CEREBRUM
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NoOrg
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QuadCraft
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Federated inference and belief sharing
Friston_Federated_2023.pdf
10.1016/j.neubiorev.2023.105500
Shared Protentions in Multi-Agent Active Inference
entropy-26-00303.pdf
10.3390/e26040303
Aligning Active Inference Ontology to SUMO
Aligning Active Inference Ontology to SUMO.pdf
10.5281/zenodo.11459322
Bridging gaps in image meme research: A multidisciplinary paradigm for scaling up qualitative analyses
Asso for Info Science Tech - 2024 - Mascarenhas - Bridging gaps in image meme research A multidisciplinary paradigm for.pdf
10.1002/asi.24900
Why Paleolithic Rockstars were both enigmatic and sporadic: A Comment on: ‘Snakes and ladders’ in paleoanthropology: From cognitive surprise to skillfulness a million years ago
10.1016/j.plrev.2024.04.010
Four-fold Fields of Quantum Dreams
FourFoldFields _Friedman_Tickles_v1_3-8-2024.pdf
10.5281/zenodo.10798145
Way Finding in the Infinite Imaginarium: Juxtaposing Epistemic Tempos and Modes
WayFinding_InfiniteImaginarium_v1_DAF_1-31-2024.pdf
10.5281/zenodo.10601082
Push and Pull: A priming sequence
PushPull_v1_DAF_2-14-2024.pdf
10.5281/zenodo.10659375
Chemical and transcriptomic diversity do not correlate with ascending levels of social complexity in the insect order Blattodea
Ecology and Evolution - 2024 - Golian - Chemical and transcriptomic diversity do not correlate with ascending levels of.pdf
10.1002/ece3.70063
Comments Submitted by BlockScience, University of Washington APL Information Risk and Synthetic Intelligence Research Initiative (IRSIRI), Cognitive Security and Education Forum (COGSEC), and the Active Inference Institute (AII) to the Networking and Information Technology Research and Development National Coordination Office's Request for Comment on The Creation of a National Digital Twins R&D Strategic Plan NITRD-2024-13379
BLOCKSCIENCE-UWAPL-COGSEC-AII_NITRD-2024-1337.pdf
10.5281/zenodo.13273681
Enhancing Population-based Search with Active Inference
2408.09548v1.pdf
10.48550/arXiv.2408.09548
FarmWorks: Decentralized AI Agents for Personalized Solutions
FarmWorks_v1_9-12-2024.pdf
10.5281/zenodo.13754585
Temporal Depth in a Coherent Self and in Depersonalization: Theoretical Model
Dissociaton-first-paper-preprint-12k.pdf
10.31219/osf.io/gjxhn
The Active Inference Institute & Active Inference Ecosystem (version 2, 2024 snapshot)
Active_Inference_Institute-Ecosystem_11-12-2024_v2.pdf
10.5281/zenodo.14108991
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Writing on
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for the “On NFT” book
watermarks_ce_nft_60080_0023.pdf
978-3-8365-9970-2
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MathArt Stream #8 ~ William Blake and Active Inference
WilliamBlake_MathArt-Stream_DAF_9_6_2024.pdf
10.5281/zenodo.13711301
Transcript of: “Sensemaking Federation: Exploring the Frontiers of Digital Innovation”
Sensemaking-Federation_Scenius_Transcript_12-5-2024_v1 .pdf
10.5281/zenodo.14574046
Biofirm Development with First Principles First and the Active Inference Institute at the Applied Active Inference Symposium 2024
10.5281/zenodo.14861595
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FORMINDEX: FORMIS INtegrated Database EXploration
FORMINDEX_10_13_2024-compressed.pdf
10.5281/zenodo.13927034
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Archival snapshot of: Systems Science Education & Knowledge Engineering group (2022-2024)
Education_Knowledge-Engineering_11-8-2024_compressed.pdf
10.5281/zenodo.14057149
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A single-pheromone model accounts for empirical patterns of ant colony foraging previously modeled using two pheromones
Saund_Friedman_2023.pdf
10.1016/j.cogsys.2023.02.005
A variational synthesis of evolutionary and developmental dynamics
entropy-25-00964.pdf
10.3390/e25070964
ATLAS: A Question Oriented Approach to the Use of Pattern Languages in Knowledge Management
ATLAS_V-1-0_12-7-23.pdf
10.5281/zenodo.10296601
Experimental Entomology in the Age of Video
Friedman_JoVe_2023.pdf
e65002
Generalized Notation Notation for Active Inference Models
GNN_v1_April5_2023_Smekal_Friedman.pdf
10.5281/zenodo.7803328
Cognitive Sovereignty & Active Inference in the State of Exception
CognitiveSovereignty_ActiveInference_StateOf_Exception_v1-1.pdf
10.5281/zenodo.10038232
Open Access science needs Open Science Sensemaking (OSSm): open infrastructure for sharing scientific sensemaking data
open_science_sensemaking.pdf
10.31222/osf.io/9nb3u
To comment or not to comment, that is the question!: Comment on “To copy or not to copy?...”
ToCommentOrNotToComment_Tickles_Friedman_2023.pdf
10.1016/j.plrev.2023.06.002
Generative Research Teams: Active Inference Compositions For Research and Meta-Science
GenerativeResearchTeams_7_19_2023.pdf
10.5281/zenodo.8164667
The Active Inference Institute and Active Inference Ecosystem
ActiveInference_Institute-Ecosystem_2023_v1-1.pdf
10.5281/zenodo.8266281
A snapshot and pipeline for tissue-specific gene expression meta-analysis in honey bees (Apis mellifera)
Apis-seq_v1_12_18_2023.pdf
10.5281/zenodo.10400744
An Account of Active Inference Modeling
An Account of Active Inference Modeling v1.pdf
10.5281/zenodo.8415313
Distributed Science - The Scientific Process as Multi-Scale Active Inference
Distributed Science.pdf
10.31219/osf.io/dnw5k
The Properties, Processes, and Perspectives Inter-Framework (P3IF): Multiplexing interdisciplinary requirements frameworks to manage information risk and foster cognitive security
TAAB-P3IF_v1_10.5281_zenodo.10034512.pdf
10.5281/zenodo.10034512
A guided tour through the spaces of particular “minds”: A Comment on “Path integrals, particular kinds, and strange things”
Rahmjoo_Friedman_2023_PathIntegrals.pdf
10.1016/j.plrev.2023.11.001
Enhanced NSF Postdoctoral Reporting via Synthetic Intelligence Language Processing
Enhanced NSF Postdoctoral Reporting via Synthetic Intelligence Language Processing (1).pdf
10.5281/zenodo.10160656
Comments on AI Accountability Policy Submitted to NTIA Docket 2023-0005-0001 by IRSIRI, AII, PFH, and COGSEC
NTIA_6-11-23_IRSIRI-AII-PIVOT-COGSEC.pdf
10.5281/zenodo.8025957
A Natural AI Based on The Science of Computational Physics, Biology and Neuroscience: Policy and Societal Significance
12-11-2023_Natural_AI_Letter_v1.pdf
10.5281/zenodo.10360148
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William Blake & Buckminster Fuller: Lives in Juxtaposition (A study in Comprehensivity)
Blake-Fuller_Lives_in_Juxtaposition-DAF-2023.pdf
10.5281/zenodo.7514368
Monitoring memetic sense-making across digital publics: Combining rhetorical analysis and ecological frameworks for gathering and analyzing image-memes
None
Of Ants & Aging
DAF_Ants_Aging_4_22_2023.pdf
10.5281/zenodo.7855582
Modern Nostr Index Card-based Knowledge Engineering
Index_Card_7_5_2023.pdf
10.5281/zenodo.8118156
Slides for Iris
Slides for Iris April 17 2023.pdf
10.5281/zenodo.7838653
Postdoc review (2020-2023) ~ September 25, 2023
DAF_Postdoc_Summary_9_25_2023.pdf
10.5281/zenodo.8377988
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Active Blockference: cadCAD with Active Inference for cognitive systems modeling
Active Blockference _ IWAI 2022 Poster.pdf
10.1007/978-3-031-28719-0_10
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Transcript of Chris Fields, "Physics as Information Processing" course in 2023
ChrisFields_ActInfInst_Physics2023_AllTranscripts_v1.pdf
10.5281/zenodo.10447642
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From Users to (Sense)Makers: On the Pivotal Role of Stigmergic Social Annotation in the Quest for Collective Sensemaking
Tamari_Friedman_et_al_2022.pdf
10.48550/arXiv.2205.06345
Tracking Public Sensemaking through Rhetorical Annotation of Image Memes
ECOMEME2-v1.0.pdf
10.5281/zenodo.6904427
An Active Inference Ontology for Decentralized Science: from Situated Sensemaking to the Epistemic Commons
v3_ActInf-DeSci-AEOS-2022.pdf
10.5281/zenodo.6320574
TrustFinder: Recommendations for a Community-Based System for Finding Trusted Sources and Evaluating Claims
VIE-IG_1.pdf
10.5281/zenodo.7093837
Predictive Processing Interpretation of the Mirror Test and Implications of a Reflection Prediction for Human Cognition
Predictive Processing Interpretation of the Mirror Test.pdf
10.5281/zenodo.7377256
On free will or the lack thereof
ALIUS Interview-Robert Sapolsky (2022).pdf
10.5281/zenodo.7394901
Catechism for: "Towards Active Diffusion: A Tale of Multiple (den)Cities"
Active Diffusion Catechism.pdf
10.5281/zenodo.7443848
The Free Energy Principle & Active Inference: a Systematic Literature Analysis
KnightCordesFriedman_2022_ActInf_FEP_Literature_v1.pdf
10.5281/zenodo.7449368
Systems Modeling and Cognitive Audits for Hypercert Ecosystems
AII _ Blockference _ Protocol Labs Research RFP.pdf
10.5281/zenodo.7626769
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Structuring the Information Commons: Open Standards and Cognitive Security
COGSEC2022-StructuringtheInformationCommons.pdf
978-1-7364269-3-7
1
Book of Love
Book of Love 2021-2022.pdf
None
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Active Inferants: An Active Inference Framework for Ant Colony Behavior
Friedman_2021_InferAnts.pdf
10.3389/fnbeh.2021.647732
Active Inference in Modeling Conflict
AIC v1_2.pdf
10.5281/zenodo.5759807
Digital Rhetorical Ecosystem Analysis: Sensemaking of Digital Memetic Discourse
ECOMEME v1.1.pdf
10.5281/zenodo.5573947
Narrative Information Management
NIM21 v1.1.pdf
10.5281/zenodo.5573287
Collaborative Writing for Catechism-Based Teams
C3PO.pdf
10.5281/zenodo.4633921
Knowledge Management Archipelago
KnowledgeManagementArchipelago_1_0.pdf
10.5281/zenodo.5034809
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Narrative Information Ecosystems: Conflict and Trust on the Endless Frontier
NIE_21_Cordes_Friedman.pdf
978-1-7364269-2-0
2
The Facilitator's Catechism Playbook
FaciliatorsCatechismPlaybook.pdf
10.5281/zenodo.4579414
Innovator’s Digital Playbook
Innovators-Digital-Playbook.pdf
978-0-578-31739-7
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The Innovator’s Catechism
The Innovators Catechism.pdf
10.5281/zenodo.4383230
Reimagining Maps
Reimagining Maps.pdf
10.5281/zenodo.4170026
The Facilitator's Catechism
The Facilitators Catechismv2.pdf
10.5281/zenodo.4203765
The neuroscience of decision making
theneuroscienceofdecisionmaking_tdhanks.pdf
10.34700/8pg4-0h12
Active Inference & Behavior Engineering for Teams
AIN1_Act_Inf_Narratives_v1.pdf
10.5281/zenodo.4021163
Infinite Games for Infinite Teams
infinite_games_for_infinite_teams.pdf
None
Distributed physiology and the molecular basis of social life in eusocial insects
Friedman_DistributedPhysiology_2020.pdf
10.1016/j.yhbeh.2020.104757
Emergent Teams for Complex Threats
CordesFriedman2020_Emergent_Teams.pdf
10.5281/zenodo.3986085
Gene expression variation in the brains of harvester ant foragers is associated with collective behavior
Friedman_York_PogoGeneExpress_2020.pdf
10.1038/s42003-020-0813-8
Measurement of natural variation of neurotransmitter tissue content in red harvester ant brains among different colonies.
Shin2020_Article_MeasurementOfNeurotransmitters.pdf
10.1007/s00216-019-02355-3
1
The Great Preset: Remote Teams and Operational Art
GreatPreset_Friedman_Cordes_2020.pdf
978-1-7364269-0-6
2
How to use Keybase for remote teams
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Communication for Remote Teams
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3
Dennett Explained
ALIUS_bulletin03-dennett_2019.pdf
10.34700/7gkw-zh08
The ant colony as a test for scientific theories of consciousness
Friedman-Søvik2021_Article_TheAntColonyAsATestForConsciousness.pdf
10.1007/s11229-019-02130-y
The physiology of forager hydration and variation among harvester ant (Pogonomyrmex barbatus) colonies in collective foraging
Friedman_2019_Pogo_Humidity.pdf
10.1038/s41598-019-41586-3
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Behavioral, Physiological, and Transcriptomic Variation Among Colonies of the Red Harvester Ant (Pogonomyrmex barbatus)
Friedman_2019_PhD_Dissertation_Overview.pdf
http://purl.stanford.edu/pb813wm1484
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The Role of Dopamine in the Collective Regulation of Foraging in Harvester Ants
Friedman_2018_Dopamine_Foraging_Pogo.pdf
10.1016/j.isci.2018.09.001
Foraging behavior and locomotion of the invasive Argentine ant from winter aggregations
Burford_2018_Argentine_Foraging.pdf
10.1371/journal.pone.0202117
Partner Pen Play in Parallel (PPPiP): A New PPPiParadigm for Relationship Improvement
PPPiP_2018_Mikhailova_Friedman.pdf
10.3390/arts7030039
Of woodlice and men: A Bayesian account of cognition, life and consciousness
Friston_Friedman_Fortier_2018_of_woodlice_and_men.pdf
10.34700/h460-nz89
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MVEE: A Framework for Evolutionary Studies
MVEE_2018.pdf
10.5281/zenodo.13999298
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The MutAnts are here
FriedmanGordonLuo_MutAnts_2017.pdf
10.1016/j.cell.2017.07.046
Two lineages that need each other
Molecular Ecology - 2017 - Gordon - Two lineages that need each other.pdf
10.1111/mec.13964
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“Context-dependent expression of the foraging gene in field colonies of ants: the interacting roles of age, environment and task”
Ingram_2016_Circadian_foraging.pdf
10.1098/rspb.2016.0841
“Ant Genetics: Reproductive Physiology, Worker Morphology, and Behavior”
Friedman_Gordon_2016_Ant_Genetics_review.pdf
10.1146/annurev-neuro-070815-013927
"Influence of Nuclear Structure on the formation of radiation-induced lethal lesions"
Friedman_nuclear_structure_2016.pdf
10.3109/09553002.2016.1144941
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“Could Ehrlichial Infection Cause Some of the Changes Associated with Leukemia, Myelodysplastic Diseases and Autoimmune Disorders, and Offer Antibiotic Treatment Options?”
Kallick_2015_Ehrlichia.pdf
10.1016/j.mehy.2015.09.015
"Large Scale Coding Sequence Change Underlies the Evolution of Post-developmental Novelty in Honey Bees"
Jasper_2014_HoneyBeeGeneExpression.pdf
10.1093/molbev/msu292
“Commentary: Portuguese crypto-Jews: the genetic heritage of a complex history”
Marcus_Crypto-Jews_2015.pdf
10.3389/fgene.2015.00261
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