Overview
This document surveys the current state of The Active Inference Institute and The Active Inference Ecosystem , in the context of our current and future directions. As embodied agents, we aim to update our decisions, goals and predictions as an institute by actively gathering (sampling) insights (observations) from our members. As Heraclitus once said “No one ever steps in the same river twice. For it’s never the same river and it’s never the same person”. In the same way, the Institute evolves with each new member, accumulating a variety of perspectives to drive improvement.
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Findings and contributions
- Reports that in 2024 the Institute received official recognition as a 501(c)(3) non-profit, with pro bono support from the Fried Frank law firm.
- Reports that, as of November 2024, 5 Research Fellows had joined the new Fellows program.
- Reports that the Institute's Discord server, its primary discussion and meeting venue, has over 1000 people.
- Reports that the Institute had released over 500 videos to date.
- Frames the Institute as recognizing the benefits of an 'open' ecosystem approach rather than taking a closed, laboratory-centric approach alone, which might have siloed Active Inference.
Methods
- Collaboratively edited living document published as a linear v2 snapshot — The Institute & Ecosystem living document, edited with a full trace of edits, is concatenated into a linear 2024 v2 snapshot with a Zenodo DOI.
- Structure derived from the 2023 paper, extended September-November 2024 — The document's sections come from the 2023 paper and were added to by the contributor team in late 2024.
- Prepare and Measure goal-setting and reporting system — Describes the Institute's 2024 low-stakes reporting system in which members set goals and report back, with updates surfaced in the newsletter.
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