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Daniel Friedman (Active Inference Institute) reveals why John Boyd’s OODA is *fractal*—not linear. Free Energy Principle, ant brains, cognitive security, and 5th-gen warfare decoded.
🧠 **Active Inference = Real OODA**
Daniel Friedman, PhD (Active Inference Institute) joins *No Way Out* to **decode John Boyd’s true OODA loop**—the one **Mary Ellen Boyd says most miss**.
🔥 **LLMs & Linear OODA are wrong**
🔴 Most “OODA” diagrams = Plan-Do-Check-Act cartoon
🟢 **Active Inference = fractal, low-energy, surprise-minimizing OODA**
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🐜 **FROM ANT BRAINS TO 5TH-GEN WARFARE**
• Ant foraging = distributed OODA
• Free Energy Principle = path of *least surprise* (not least action)
• Mismatch = surprise = free energy → **minimize via active sensing**
• **Cognitive security** = new battlefield (Rand Waltzman 2017) 💬
**QUOTE**
> “Active Inference is the **principle of least action** for cognitive systems.”
> — **Daniel Friedman**
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John R. Boyd's Conceptual Spiral was originally titled No Way Out. In his own words:
“There is no way out unless we can eliminate the features just cited. Since we don’t know how to do this, we must continue the whirl of reorientation…”
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John Boyd’s Conceptual Spiral was originally titled “No Way Out.” In his words:
“There is no way out unless we can eliminate the features just cited. Since we don’t know how to do this, we must continue the whirl of reorientation…”
Download a complete transcript of Conceptual Spiral for free by clicking here.
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