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New to Active Inference

Start with the systematic overview, then see the framework applied to behavior, teams, and decentralized knowledge.

1. The Free Energy Principle & Active Inference: a Systematic Review
2. Active Inference pillar page
3. Active Inference & Behavior Engineering for Teams
4. An Active Inference Ontology for Decentralized Knowledge Systems
5. Browse all research domains
6. Search publications and works

Ant researcher or entomologist

From lab ant genetics to colonies as cognitive models — the entomology thread spans two decades.

1. Ant Genetics: Reproductive Physiology, Worker Morphology, and Caste
2. Active Inferants: An Active Inference Framework for Ant Colony Behavior
3. The ant colony as a test for scientific theories of consciousness
4. Of Ants & Aging
5. The Ant Stack
6. Computational entomology hub
7. Insect cognition

Cognitive security

Narrative ecosystems, information management, and agentic cogsec tooling for degraded information environments.

1. Cognitive security hub
2. Narrative Information Ecosystems: Conflict and Trust on the Internet
3. Narrative Information Management
4. CogSecSkills: Multiharness Agentic Skills for Cognitive Security
5. Domain: cognitive security
6. Evidence ledger

Hiring or collaborating

Who I am, how I work with teams, and where the reusable research infrastructure lives.

1. About Daniel Ari Friedman
2. CV and structured resume
3. Generative Research Teams: Active Inference Compositions
4. Active Inference & Behavior Engineering for Teams
5. GeneralizedNotationNotation (GNN)
6. Pools, Rules, and Tools: A Template-Integrated Resource Pool
7. Collaborators