Bleu Knight (blu naɪt)

currently updating my generative model via @KERNEL0X #KB7 and funding cognitive modeling with @InferenceActive through @gitcoin #GR15

[Bleu Knight (blu naɪt) @shadeofbleu]

It was such a privilege to work with this outstanding team

[Active Inference Institute @InferenceActive]

"A variational synthesis of evolutionary and developmental dynamics"
https://t.co/FeHUZlQAbu
Karl Friston, Daniel Ari Friedman, Axel Constant, V. Bleu Knight, Thomas Parr, John O. Campbell
[Submitted on 8 Mar 2023]

arXiv:2303.04898 [https://t.co/xwHNRPCyhj]

[Bleu Knight (blu naɪt) @shadeofbleu]

One week left to apply to join the board @InferenceActive
More information: https://t.co/Bgdk6H51TJ . Application form: https://t.co/vaVR93raPA .

[Bleu Knight (blu naɪt) @shadeofbleu]

Act. Infer. Serve. with @InferenceActive

[Active Inference Institute @InferenceActive]

**Call for Presentations and Workshops: 5th Applied Active Inference Symposium (November 12-14, 2025)**
We invite researchers and practitioners to submit presentations for the 5th Applied Active Inference Symposium 2025, held online November 12-14, 2025, more information at https://t.co/SpmI5x1mE3 . This event will explore Active Inference applications in industry.
**How to Submit**
Submit abstracts and proposals via this form: https://t.co/9HvdxqzxlK
For inquiries, contact [email protected]. We are seeking sponsors: https://t.co/lUGOzs32Sa
Participant registration details will be available closer to the date.

**Symposium Themes and Topics**
**Overall Theme: Applying Active Inference in Industry**
Focus: Success stories, lessons learned, challenges, and applied research to accelerate applications.

**Topics**
- **Open Science & Tool Development**: Enhancing Active Inference software accessibility and functionality across languages, with practical workshops.
- **Learning & Education**: Sharing initiatives for teaching Active Inference and connecting the global community with resources and opportunities.

**Submission Types**
- **Presentations**: Pre-recorded videos (15-60 minutes) or livestream panels/group discussions (30-90 minutes).
- **Workshops, Tutorials, Hackathons**: Hands-on sessions (60-180 minutes) with open-source materials.

**Accessibility & Participation**
- **Participant Registration**: Free online access with pathways for deeper research involvement.
- **Collaboration with Active Inference Journal**: Abstracts published for visibility and availability.
- **Translation**: Materials translated into multiple languages where possible.
- **Multimodal Content**: Audio, visual, interactive simulations, and other media, available on YouTube for asynchronous viewing.

**Important Dates**
- Presenter Submission Deadline: October 12, 2025
- Symposium Dates: November 12-14, 2025
https://t.co/SpmI5x1mE3

[Bleu Knight (blu naɪt) @shadeofbleu]

Awesome thread discussing the Physics as Info processing course by Chris Fields, hosted by the institute @InferenceActive

[Jesse Cohen @max_entropic]

This thread summarizes the first lecture in Chris Fields' course Physics as Infromation Processing delivered through the Active Inference Institute @InferenceActive:

To watch the whole lecture click on the link below

https://t.co/9AsMJaxBSe

[Active Inference Institute @InferenceActive]

The Institute is now 501(c)(3)!

Dear Active Inference Community,

We are thrilled to share that the Active Inference Institute has officially been recognized as a 501(c)(3) tax exempt nonprofit organization by the United States IRS. This significant milestone is the result of several years of dedicated effort.

We would like to acknowledge the vital participation of many individuals at the Institute. Also we would like to appreciate the team at Fried Frank law firm, who provided excellent pro bono legal support during this phase of our establishment.

With this organizational status, we may now be eligible to receive your tax-exempt charitable donations. Your generous support will help sustain and extend the work of the Institute and ecosystem, supporting the accessibility, rigor, and applicability of Active Inference. If you value our mission and wish to contribute, please consider making a donation at https://t.co/qFGycE8EFD .

At this time, for any other comments or questions on philanthropy and donations to the Institute, please communicate with [email protected] .

For the organizational Partnership affordance (which may include structured financial or in-kind donations), see: https://t.co/KUVBFncdcY .

Thank you for your continued attention and consideration. We look forward to all the next moves we’ll take together.

Officers

[Bleu Knight (blu naɪt) @shadeofbleu]

Now GPT is a stack overflow assisted developer like the rest of us

[OpenAI @OpenAI]

We're partnering with @StackOverflow to enhance the developer experience on both platforms: https://t.co/D5PJl24VIS

[Active Inference Institute @InferenceActive]

Listening to this now, great discussion.
For those who would like to participate in a Textbook Group around this book, we will begin Cohort 7 in a few weeks. All backgrounds and familiarity with Active Inference are welcome.
More information & register here: https://t.co/kWo5DvpF5I

[Active Inference Institute @InferenceActive]

February 2024 Newsletter 🌼🐞🕯️ Active Inference Institute

[VERSES @helloVERSES]

NEWS: @helloverses Challenges AI Industry with Benchmark Tests

The research roadmap that outlines key milestones and benchmarks can be accessed at: https://t.co/lRCPXTWNvE

For the full release, visit our website: https://t.co/NhLX32xhxZ

#AI #ArtificialIntelligence

[Andrej Karpathy @karpathy]

# on shortification of "learning"

There are a lot of videos on YouTube/TikTok etc. that give the appearance of education, but if you look closely they are really just entertainment. This is very convenient for everyone involved : the people watching enjoy thinking they are learning (but actually they are just having fun). The people creating this content also enjoy it because fun has a much larger audience, fame and revenue. But as far as learning goes, this is a trap. This content is an epsilon away from watching the Bachelorette. It's like snacking on those "Garden Veggie Straws", which feel like you're eating healthy vegetables until you look at the ingredients.

Learning is not supposed to be fun. It doesn't have to be actively not fun either, but the primary feeling should be that of effort. It should look a lot less like that "10 minute full body" workout from your local digital media creator and a lot more like a serious session at the gym. You want the mental equivalent of sweating. It's not that the quickie doesn't do anything, it's just that it is wildly suboptimal if you actually care to learn.

I find it helpful to explicitly declare your intent up front as a sharp, binary variable in your mind. If you are consuming content: are you trying to be entertained or are you trying to learn? And if you are creating content: are you trying to entertain or are you trying to teach? You'll go down a different path in each case. Attempts to seek the stuff in between actually clamp to zero.

So for those who actually want to learn. Unless you are trying to learn something narrow and specific, close those tabs with quick blog posts. Close those tabs of "Learn XYZ in 10 minutes". Consider the opportunity cost of snacking and seek the meal - the textbooks, docs, papers, manuals, longform. Allocate a 4 hour window. Don't just read, take notes, re-read, re-phrase, process, manipulate, learn.

And for those actually trying to educate, please consider writing/recording longform, designed for someone to get "sweaty", especially in today's era of quantity over quality. Give someone a real workout. This is what I aspire to in my own educational work too. My audience will decrease. The ones that remain might not even like it. But at least we'll learn something.

[Active Inference Institute @InferenceActive]

"Way Finding in the Infinite Imaginarium: Juxtaposing Epistemic Tempos and Modes"
https://t.co/wusKE8FVyN
Daniel Friedman
As we head through and past January 2024, I wondered if/that…

[Bleu Knight (blu naɪt) @shadeofbleu]

Focusing on the moment relates to placement of consciousness density.

[Maxwell Ramstead (e/acc) @mjdramstead]

Breaking news: VERSES @VERSESAI pens open letter to the board of @OpenAI calling to invoke their assist clause
https://t.co/9A7XK0Zxzn

[Dr Mahault Albarracin @MahaultAlbarra1]

Send a tip to the authors should be a button on every academic journal platform. I would rather give to the authors than to Elsevier

[Maxwell Ramstead (e/acc) @mjdramstead]

I’m genuinely grateful to have had the opportunity to discuss our new paper on the free energy principle and consciousness with an amazing group at this joint session of Computational Phenomenology Fridays and the Neuroscience & Philosophy Salon. The recording is now available!

[Bleu Knight (blu naɪt) @shadeofbleu]

Really looking forward to this course hosted by @InferenceActive

[Active Inference Institute @InferenceActive]

First lecture of the course, live in 2 hours!
https://t.co/uvzZJ47Z6J

[Active Inference Institute @InferenceActive]

Are you curious about Active Inference and Category Theory? We have some thrilling news and exclusive opportunities on the horizon that you won't want to miss.

[Bleu Knight (blu naɪt) @shadeofbleu]

Really looking forward to this stream!

[Active Inference Institute @InferenceActive]

June 13 at 0 UTC
GuestStream #045.1
Naotsugu Tsuchiya, Hayato Saigo
@conscious_tlab @NaoTsuchiya
https://t.co/e6GTufklFE
"Using category theory to assess the relationship between consciousness and integrated information theory"

[Dr Mahault Albarracin @MahaultAlbarra1]

I'll be on @InferenceActive Guest stream talking about our model of consciousness with @mjdramstead