No Way Out Beyond LLMs: The Spatial Web, World Models, and Active Inference with Dan Mapes
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Oct 14, 2025 Dan Mapes, Director of the Spatial Web Foundation and founder of Verses AI, dives into a revolutionary vision of the internet as a 3D web of intelligence. He discusses how digital twins and Active Inference could enhance smart cities and supply chains. Mapes emphasizes the importance of decentralized systems over monolithic models, tapping into biological principles for AI. The conversation also touches on the evolving nature of world models, the role of meditation in creativity, and a hopeful outlook for future technologies to foster global prosperity.
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A Web Of Interoperable Expert AIs
- The Spatial Web plus Active Inference creates an intelligent, geospatial web covering the Earth.
- It enables many specialized AIs to interoperate like apps instead of one monolithic model.
Free Energy Explains Efficient Learning
- Friston's Free Energy Principle explains how organisms self-evolve efficient world models.
- Active Inference operationalizes that math into continuous learning and action.
Favor Specialized Models And Open Protocols
- Build many small, specialized world models instead of one giant general model.
- Design protocols so those specialized AIs can discover and communicate like websites do.
