Media, Talks & Appearances

Podcasts, conference presentations, video series, and press covering Active Inference, complex systems, and cognitive security.

Video Series

Active Inference Journal

500+ Videos Catalogued (Work #002)

The Active Inference Institute's primary educational output, hosted and produced by Friedman. Includes livestreams, study groups, guest lectures, textbook groups, and symposium recordings on the free energy principle, multi-agent systems, and open science infrastructure. Explore interactive video pages and the Presentations & Media domain.

→ video.activeinference.institute

Personal YouTube Channel

200+ Livestreams Catalogued (Work #006)

Long-form creative and intellectual livestreams including pen drawings, Synergetics explorations (QuadMath, Symergetics), paper read-throughs, and collaborative discussions combining art and mathematics.

→ youtube.com/@danielarifriedman

Conference Presentations

Year Title Event Work Page
2025Systems Processes, Active Inference, and BeyondConferenceWork #022
20255th Applied Active Inference Symposium — Abstract BookAII SymposiumWork #008
2024BioFirm Development at Applied Active Inference SymposiumAII SymposiumWork #030
2024Sensemaking Federation: Frontiers of Digital InnovationConferenceWork #039
2024MathArt Stream #8: William Blake and Active InferenceLivestreamWork #038
2024Active Inference and IdentityKuppingerCole EIC 2024
2023Of Ants & AgingConferenceWork #058
2023Postdoc Review (2020–2023)UC DavisWork #060
2018MVEE: A Framework for Evolutionary StudiesConferenceWork #097

Podcast & Interview Appearances

Podcast / Show Episode
Beyond Dichotomy (Andrea Hiott)"From Ants to Active Inference"
Making Sense of Complexity (George Gantz)"What Ant Behavior Reveals About Complexity Science"
The Adam McBride Show"The Rarest NFT" — Curio Cards
Rosy ConversationInterview with Daniel Ari Friedman
WonderfestSpeaker — Bay Area science education

ALIUS Bulletin Interviews Conducted

Friedman has conducted in-depth published interviews with leading researchers for the ALIUS Research Group:

Year Subject Topic Work Page
2022Robert SapolskyFree will, determinismWork #069
2020Timothy HanksDecision neuroscienceWork #091
2019Daniel DennettPhilosophy of mind, consciousnessWork #092

Press & Art Coverage

Year Source Title / Link Related Local Work
2024Denise HoltActive Inference: Pioneering a New Era of Artificial IntelligenceWork #041
2024TaschenWriting on Curio Cards for "On NFT" book (ISBN 978-3-8365-9970-2)Work #044 · Art Gallery
2021Christie'sCurio Cards Auction: Full set of 30 + rare 17b ($1.2M)Art Gallery (Cards 24–26)
2021MediumDecentralized Beauty: NFT Art and AntsWork #044
2017NFT ArchaeologyCurio Cards recognized in early Ethereum art NFT historyCurio Cards 24–26