Episode 6 | Special Guest – Daniel Friedman – Active Inference Institute | What is Active Inference?

NEW EPISODE: Denise Holt welcomes Daniel Friedman, Co-Founder and President of the Active Inference Institute, an open science organization supporting research and projects related to active inference. Active inference is an approach to modeling systems that involves perception, cognition, and action in an integrated way. Dr. Karl Friston’s Free Energy Principle provides the theoretical foundation for Active Inference. In the interview, Daniel explains that Active Inference aims to model systems ranging from simple to complex in a unified framework. Key features include interpretability of models and explicit representation of action. Researchers in fields like robotics are exploring active inference for its potential benefits. Daniel discusses upcoming educational offerings and events from the Institute, including the Applied Active Inference Symposium on "Enacting Ecosystems of Shared Intelligence." He emphasizes the importance of participatory, open ecosystems for advancing science and technology. The interviewer points to the VERSES AI whitepaper titled, “Designing Ecosystems of Intelligence from First Principles,” tying active inference to Spatial Web technologies like the Hyper Space Modeling Language. She sees potential for AI assistants as Intelligent Agents utilizing Active Inference and Spatial Web infrastructure to enable collective intelligence and seamless human-AI collaboration. View the VERSES whitepaper here: https://arxiv.org/abs/2212.01354 Chapters: 0:00 - Introduction 1:48 - Explaining Active Inference 4:50 - Free Energy Principle 7:00 - Perception and Action 9:23 - Benefits for AI 13:30 - Spatial Web 19:53 - Markov Blankets 25:53 - Future AI Assistants 32:33 - Upcoming Symposium 39:11 - Robotics Applications 41:06 – Conclusion Special thank you to Daniel, for being on our show! Learn more from the Active Inference Institute here: https://www.activeinference.org/ Register for the 2023 Applied Active Inference Symposium here: https://coda.io/@active-inference-institute/3rd-applied-active-inference-symposium Check out our other Episodes and watch all the videos in the Knowledge Bank Playlist to learn more about the Spatial Web and Active Inference AI. https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLv0h9xFwpMaLumek-HwbuP-jpAfmSWW55 You can also learn more on my blog: https://deniseholt.us #activeinferenceai #FreeEnergyPrinciple #KarlFriston #spatialweb #AIEducation