Overview
A comprehensive review of Daniel Friedman's 2020-2023 postdoctoral research structured around six working areas: (a) Biology, (b) Entomology, (c) Active Inference, (d) Cognitive Security, (e) Meta-Science, and (f) Philosophy & Arts. The presentation covers research contributions, collaborations, publications, and future directions across these domains, demonstrating the interdisciplinary breadth of the postdoctoral research program.
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Findings and contributions
- The review frames the period as an NSF Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in Biology (award 2010290), October 2020 to October 2023.
- The deck reports 375+ Active Inference livestreams over 2020-2023, with transcripts at the Active Inference Journal, as part of the Active Inference Institute ecosystem work.
- It highlights Active Inferants (2021) as the first Active Inference model of stigmergic collective behavior and an extensible framework for ant behavior.
- Beyond research, it reports 230 total drawing livestreams (about 150 in the last three years), plus Synergetics and PaperStreams on a personal channel.
Methods
- Review structured by six working areas — The slide deck organizes 2020-2023 postdoc outputs into Biology, Entomology, Active Inference, Cognitive Security, Meta-Science, and Philosophy & Arts.
- GPT-4 (via Perplexity.ai) per-paper summaries — Each paper was uploaded to GPT-4 via Perplexity.ai with a fixed prompt asking for Context, Contributions, and Implications paragraphs, shown on a Coda website.
- Overview followed by 10 highlighted works — After an overview of all works, the talk presents 10 highlights sorted by working area rather than by relevance.
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