---
name: "GuidedTourMinds"
description: "Expertise in cognitive modeling and the application of Active Inference principles to understand diverse forms of sentience and agency."
tags: ["active inference", "path-integrals", "particular-kinds", "mindspace", "active-inference", "free-energy-principle"]
---

# A guided tour through the spaces of particular "minds"

**Ali Rahmjoo, Daniel Ari Friedman** (2023) · Active Inference

## Instructions

Use this skill when working with topics related to **path integrals, particular kinds, mindspace, Active Inference**.

When applying this skill:
1. Apply Active Inference to the cartography of possible minds
1. Evaluate sentience taxonomies from non-anthropocentric perspectives
1. Connect particular kinds typology to broader philosophy of mind

## Key Concepts

- **path integrals**
- **particular kinds**
- **mindspace**
- **Active Inference**
- **Free Energy Principle**
- **consciousness**
- **Sloman**
- **non-anthropocentric**
- **sentience taxonomy**

## Methods & Techniques

- Utilizes Active Inference as a framework for measuring and modeling minds.
- Applies the Free Energy Principle for theoretical grounding in cognitive modeling.
- Explores the dynamics of particles to understand agency and sentience.
- Synthesizes Bayesian Statistics and Machine Learning with Category Theory.

## Key Findings

- Identifies a two-dimensional mindspace characterized by 'agency' and 'experience'.
- Demonstrates how the dynamics of particles can indicate levels of agency and selfhood.
- Establishes a connection between optimization processes and the taxonomy of minds.
- Suggests that the typology of particular kinds can refine existing mind taxonomies.

## Prerequisites

- Probability theory and Bayesian inference basics
- Free Energy Principle and generative models

## 🎯 Consulting & Tutoring

[Daniel Ari Friedman, PhD](https://danielarifriedman.com/) is available for AI Research Consulting and Tutoring related to this skill.

## Related Skills

See [BIBLIOGRAPHY.md](../../pages/BIBLIOGRAPHY.md) for the complete publication catalog and related papers.