---
name: "AII_v1"
description: "An overview of the Active Inference Institute (AII), describing its mission, organizational structure, projects, and community. The institute serves as a hub for Active Inference research, education..."
tags: ["active-inference-institute", "open-science", "research-organization", "free-energy-principle", "community-building"]
domain: "AII Ecosystem"
citation: "Active Inference Institute (2023). *AII_v1*. AII Ecosystem."
doi: "10.5281/zenodo.8266280"
---

# AII_v1

**Active Inference Institute** (2023) · AII Ecosystem

## Context

This work addresses topics in **AII Ecosystem**: Active Inference Institute, open science, research organization, Free Energy Principle.

## Methods

Primary methods and techniques applied in this work:

- Program coordination
- Community governance design

## Key Findings

Core contributions and results:

- This document briefly surveys the current state of the Active Inference Institute and Active Inference Ecosystem, and outlines our future directions..
- It will be versioned as a living representation (both cyclic and updating) of ecosystems both general and local, describing the past, present, and future actions of the Active Inference Institute..

## Related Works

- [2022_ActiveDiffusion](../2022_ActiveDiffusion/)
- [2024_AII_v2](../2024_AII_v2/)
- [2024_OntologySUMO](../2024_OntologySUMO/)

## Validation

Verification points for this work:

- DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.8266280
- PDF SHA-256: See zenodo_record
- Pairing confidence: unknown
- Last checked: 2026-06-30T23:25:05Z

## Prerequisites

- Familiarity with Active Inference Institute, open science, research organization
- Background in AII Ecosystem fundamentals
- Access to source repository: N/A

## Instructions

When working with this paper:

1. Reference the DOI for citation: `10.5281/zenodo.8266280`
2. Apply methods listed in the Methods section for related analysis.
3. Validate findings against the original PDF and metadata.