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Constructing cultural landscapes: Active Inference for the Social Sciences Avel Guénin-Carlut, Ben White, Mahault Albarracin, Lorena Sganzerla, Daniel Friedman A participatory online course in 2023 co-organized by Kairos Research and the Active Inference Institute More information: https://www.activeinference.org/educa... https://coda.io/@active-inference- ins... CSID: 9eaaa668e0b0be28 Content Managed by ContentSafe.co

Myth of objectivity and the origin of symbols https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/... Shagor Rahman An age-old challenge in epistemology and moral philosophy is whether objectivity exists independent of subjective perspective. Alfred North Whitehead labeled it a “fallacy of misplaced concreteness”; after all, knowledge is represented elusively in symbols. I employ the free energy principle (FEP) to argue that the belief in moral objectivity, although perhaps fallacious, amounts to an ancient and universal human myth that is essential for our symbolic capacity. To perceive any object in a world of non-diminishing (perhaps irreducible) uncertainty, according to the FEP, its constituent parts must display common probabilistic tendencies, known as statistical beliefs, prior to its interpretation, or active inference, as a stable entity. Behavioral bias, subjective emotions, and social norms scale the scope of identity by coalescing agents with otherwise disparate goals and aligning their perspectives into a coherent structure. I argue that by declaring belief in norms as objective, e.g., expressing that a particular theft or infidelity was generally wrong, our ancestors psychologically constructed a type of identity bound only by shared faith in a perspective that technically transcended individual subjectivity. Signaling explicit belief in what were previously non-symbolic norms, as seen in many non-human animals, simulates a top-down point of view of our social interactions and thereby constructs our cultural niche and symbolic capacity. I demonstrate that, largely by contrasting with overly reductive analytical models that assume individual rational pursuit of extrinsic rewards, shared belief in moral conceptions, i.e., what amounts to a religious faith, remains a motivational cornerstone of our language, economic and civic institutions, stories, and psychology. Finally, I hypothesize that our bias for familiar accents (shibboleth), plausibly represents the phylogenetic and ontogenetic contextual origins of our impulse to minimize social surprise by declaring belief in the myth of objectivity. Active Inference Institute information: Website: https://activeinference.org/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/InferenceActive Discord: https://discord.gg/8VNKNp4jtx YouTube: / activeinference Active Inference Livestreams: https://coda.io/@active-inference-ins... CSID: cf2eaaddd0c1e903 Content Managed by ContentSafe.co

Kristen Whittle "Reflections and implications of a naïve attitude to architecture" This proposed title is purposefully mischievous in that it derives from the SCHILLER/JUNGIAN sense of the word as it applies to ‘architect as nature’ and ‘communicating an intimate form of nature in architecture’. This would expand a conversation about the embedding of coherence (as it relates to free energy and active inference) into a sophisticated form of designed salutogenesis for architecture and cities and would enable me to encapsulate a number of thematics of past architectural projects I have designed including the new Australian Embassy in Washington DC. https://studiokristenwhittle.com/ https://www.instagram.com/studiokrist... https://au.linkedin.com/company/studi... Active Inference Institute information: Website: https://activeinference.org/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/InferenceActive Discord: https://discord.gg/8VNKNp4jtx YouTube: / activeinference Active Inference Livestreams: https://coda.io/@active-inference-ins... CSID: 7e13d049afb01b5e Content Managed by ContentSafe.co

Constructing cultural landscapes: Active Inference for the Social Sciences Avel Guénin-Carlut, Ben White, Mahault Albarracin, Lorena Sganzerla, Daniel Friedman A participatory online course in 2023 co-organized by Kairos Research and the Active Inference Institute More information: https://www.activeinference.org/educa... https://coda.io/@active-inference- ins... CSID: 2d5986f0dee728d6 Content Managed by ContentSafe.co

Course materials https://coda.io/@active-inference-ins... More information https://www.activeinference.org/educa... “Physics as Information Processing” Course taught by Chris Fields Course assistant is Ander Aguirre Hosted during 2023 by the Active Inference Institute Active Inference Institute information: Website: https://activeinference.org/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/InferenceActive Discord: https://discord.gg/8VNKNp4jtx YouTube: / activeinference Active Inference Livestreams: https://coda.io/@active-inference-ins... CSID: 0600985ab13b94a2 Content Managed by ContentSafe.co

Course materials https://coda.io/@active-inference-ins... More information https://www.activeinference.org/educa... “Physics as Information Processing” Course taught by Chris Fields Course assistant is Ander Aguirre Hosted during 2023 by the Active Inference Institute Active Inference Institute information: Website: https://activeinference.org/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/InferenceActive Discord: https://discord.gg/8VNKNp4jtx YouTube: / activeinference Active Inference Livestreams: https://coda.io/@active-inference-ins... CSID: b65095a9da12a095 Content Managed by ContentSafe.co

Active Inference Institute information: Website: https://activeinference.org/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/InferenceActive Discord: https://discord.gg/8VNKNp4jtx YouTube: / activeinference Active Inference Livestreams: https://coda.io/@active-inference-ins... CSID: c414e77c81e23ed2 Content Managed by ContentSafe.co

Constructing cultural landscapes: Active Inference for the Social Sciences Avel Guénin-Carlut, Ben White, Mahault Albarracin, Lorena Sganzerla, Daniel Friedman A participatory online course in 2023 co-organized by Kairos Research and the Active Inference Institute More information: https://www.activeinference.org/educa... https://coda.io/@active-inference- ins... CSID: 121130664e414fcf Content Managed by ContentSafe.co

Course materials https://coda.io/@active-inference-ins... More information https://www.activeinference.org/educa... “Physics as Information Processing” Course taught by Chris Fields Course assistant is Ander Aguirre Hosted during 2023 by the Active Inference Institute Active Inference Institute information: Website: https://activeinference.org/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/InferenceActive Discord: https://discord.gg/8VNKNp4jtx YouTube: / activeinference Active Inference Livestreams: https://coda.io/@active-inference-ins... CSID: ee434362018ac868 Content Managed by ContentSafe.co

Constructing cultural landscapes: Active Inference for the Social Sciences Avel Guénin-Carlut, Ben White, Mahault Albarracin, Lorena Sganzerla, Daniel Friedman A participatory online course in 2023 co-organized by Kairos Research and the Active Inference Institute More information: https://www.activeinference.org/educa... https://coda.io/@active-inference- ins... CSID: 6f60a0d4c1746ea9 Content Managed by ContentSafe.co

"Active Inference in String Diagrams" Sean Tull (Quantinuum) Associated paper: https://arxiv.org/abs/2308.00861 "Active Inference in String Diagrams: A Categorical Account of Predictive Processing and Free Energy" Sean Tull, Johannes Kleiner, Toby St Clere Smithe Abstract: I will present a new formalisation of predictive processing and active inference in terms of category theory and its associated graphical language of 'string diagrams'. These diagrams provide a rigorous but intuitive way to reason compositionally about probabilistic (and more general) processes that have been applied in many settings. After introducing categories and string diagrams, I will show one can use them to both describe and reason about the main features of active inference: generative models, Bayesian updating (including with soft observations), Free Energy, perception, planning, and the process of active inference itself. A highlight is a straightforward diagrammatic derivation of the formula for active inference in terms of variational and expected free energy. This is joint work with Johannes Kleiner and Toby St Clere Smithe. More links for Sean Tull: https://www.seantull.uk/ https://scholar.google.com/citations?... Active Inference Institute information: Website: https://activeinference.org/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/InferenceActive Discord: https://discord.gg/8VNKNp4jtx YouTube: / activeinference Active Inference Livestreams: https://coda.io/@active-inference-ins... CSID: 4a2cc3f20416744f Content Managed by ContentSafe.co

James Pang, Alex Fornito "Geometric constraints on human brain function" https://www.nature.com/articles/s4158... James C. Pang, Kevin M. Aquino, Marianne Oldehinkel, Peter A. Robinson, Ben D. Fulcher, Michael Breakspear & Alex Fornito Nature (2023) Published: 31 May 2023 Active Inference Institute information: Website: https://activeinference.org/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/InferenceActive Discord: https://discord.gg/8VNKNp4jtx YouTube: / activeinference Active Inference Livestreams: https://coda.io/@active-inference-ins... CSID: 26b3c93773cca107 Content Managed by ContentSafe.co

Constructing cultural landscapes: Active Inference for the Social Sciences Avel Guénin-Carlut, Ben White, Mahault Albarracin, Lorena Sganzerla, Daniel Friedman A participatory online course in 2023 co-organized by Kairos Research and the Active Inference Institute More information: https://www.activeinference.org/educa... https://coda.io/@active-inference- ins... CSID: 5e5680712ac3c2aa Content Managed by ContentSafe.co

Course materials https://coda.io/@active-inference-ins... More information https://www.activeinference.org/educa... “Physics as Information Processing” Course taught by Chris Fields Course assistant is Ander Aguirre Hosted during 2023 by the Active Inference Institute Active Inference Institute information: Website: https://activeinference.org/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/InferenceActive Discord: https://discord.gg/8VNKNp4jtx YouTube: / activeinference Active Inference Livestreams: https://coda.io/@active-inference-ins... CSID: bbc5694076ab5e16 Content Managed by ContentSafe.co

Constructing cultural landscapes: Active Inference for the Social Sciences Avel Guénin-Carlut, Ben White, Mahault Albarracin, Lorena Sganzerla, Daniel Friedman A participatory online course in 2023 co-organized by Kairos Research and the Active Inference Institute More information: https://www.activeinference.org/educa... https://coda.io/@active-inference- ins... CSID: 679889dc24ac22fe Content Managed by ContentSafe.co

Course materials https://coda.io/@active-inference-ins... More information https://www.activeinference.org/educa... “Physics as Information Processing” Course taught by Chris Fields Course assistant is Ander Aguirre Hosted during 2023 by the Active Inference Institute Active Inference Institute information: Website: https://activeinference.org/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/InferenceActive Discord: https://discord.gg/8VNKNp4jtx YouTube: / activeinference Active Inference Livestreams: https://coda.io/@active-inference-ins... CSID: 5521ecb2eaf8926d Content Managed by ContentSafe.co

Constructing cultural landscapes: Active Inference for the Social Sciences Avel Guénin-Carlut, Ben White, Mahault Albarracin, Lorena Sganzerla, Daniel Friedman A participatory online course in 2023 co-organized by Kairos Research and the Active Inference Institute More information: https://www.activeinference.org/educa... https://coda.io/@active-inference- ins... CSID: fe07a763ed24e9ff Content Managed by ContentSafe.co

Constructing cultural landscapes: Active Inference for the Social Sciences Avel Guénin-Carlut, Ben White, Mahault Albarracin, Lorena Sganzerla, Daniel Friedman A participatory online course in 2023 co-organized by Kairos Research and the Active Inference Institute More information: https://www.activeinference.org/educa... https://coda.io/@active-inference- ins... CSID: 6d0e10da28cb43a7 Content Managed by ContentSafe.co

"Selfless Minds, Unlimited Bodies? Homeostatic Bodily Self-Regulation in Meditative Experiences" Valeria Becattini, Anna Ciaunica https://psyarxiv.com/trg6x 10.31234/osf.io/trg6x Active Inference Institute information: Website: https://activeinference.org/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/InferenceActive Discord: https://discord.gg/8VNKNp4jtx YouTube: / activeinference Active Inference Livestreams: https://coda.io/@active-inference-ins... CSID: 59b366050f8a68b3 Content Managed by ContentSafe.co

Course materials https://coda.io/@active-inference-ins... More information https://www.activeinference.org/educa... “Physics as Information Processing” Course taught by Chris Fields Course assistant is Ander Aguirre Hosted during 2023 by the Active Inference Institute Active Inference Institute information: Website: https://activeinference.org/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/InferenceActive Discord: https://discord.gg/8VNKNp4jtx YouTube: / activeinference Active Inference Livestreams: https://coda.io/@active-inference-ins... CSID: f1bdb072dd15e95c Content Managed by ContentSafe.co

"Deep CANALs: A Deep Learning Approach to Refining the Canalization Theory of Psychopathology" Arthur Juliani, Adam Safron, Ryota Kanai 10.31234/osf.io/uxmz6 https://psyarxiv.com/uxmz6/ Active Inference Institute information: Website: https://activeinference.org/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/InferenceActive Discord: https://discord.gg/8VNKNp4jtx YouTube: / activeinference Active Inference Livestreams: https://coda.io/@active-inference-ins... CSID: 8c361e423a6091ff Content Managed by ContentSafe.co

Cristian Bodnar https://twitter.com/crisbodnar https://www.repository.cam.ac.uk/item... Bodnar, C. (2022). "Topological Deep Learning: Graphs, Complexes, Sheaves" [Apollo - University of Cambridge Repository]. https://doi.org/10.17863/CAM.97212 Active Inference Institute information: Website: https://activeinference.org/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/InferenceActive Discord: https://discord.gg/8VNKNp4jtx YouTube: / activeinference Active Inference Livestreams: https://coda.io/@active-inference-ins... CSID: 9ae34fc0328f4a8f Content Managed by ContentSafe.co

Constructing cultural landscapes: Active Inference for the Social Sciences Avel Guénin-Carlut, Ben White, Mahault Albarracin, Lorena Sganzerla, Daniel Friedman A participatory online course in 2023 co-organized by Kairos Research and the Active Inference Institute More information: https://www.activeinference.org/educa... https://coda.io/@active-inference- ins... CSID: 6e3a93f4b391ad49 Content Managed by ContentSafe.co

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Constructing cultural landscapes: Active Inference for the Social Sciences Avel Guénin-Carlut, Ben White, Mahault Albarracin, Lorena Sganzerla, Daniel Friedman A participatory online course in 2023 co-organized by Kairos Research and the Active Inference Institute More information: https://www.activeinference.org/educa... https://coda.io/@active-inference- ins... CSID: 2b4d12d048418a0e Content Managed by ContentSafe.co