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Active Inference, The Learn Arc — Part 1: Why I built a BEAM-native workbench for the Free Energy Principle

Active Inference, The Learn Arc — Part 1: Why I built a BEAM-native workbench for the Free Energy Principle

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Active Inference, The Learn Arc — Part 2: Chapter 1 — Perception, Action, Learning as One Loop

Active Inference, The Learn Arc — Part 2: Chapter 1 — Perception, Action, Learning as One Loop

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Active Inference, The Learn Arc — Part 3: Chapter 2 — The Low Road from Bayes to Free Energy

Active Inference, The Learn Arc — Part 3: Chapter 2 — The Low Road from Bayes to Free Energy

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Active Inference, The Learn Arc — Part 4: Chapter 3 — The High Road, Where a Plan Has Two Columns of Cost

Active Inference, The Learn Arc — Part 4: Chapter 3 — The High Road, Where a Plan Has Two Columns of Cost

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Active Inference, The Learn Arc — Part 5: Chapter 4 — A, B, C, D and the Generative Model You Can Actually Build

Active Inference, The Learn Arc — Part 5: Chapter 4 — A, B, C, D and the Generative Model You Can Actually Build

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Active Inference, The Learn Arc — Part 6: Chapter 5 — The Cortex as a Factor Graph, Neuromodulators as Precision Knobs

Active Inference, The Learn Arc — Part 6: Chapter 5 — The Cortex as a Factor Graph, Neuromodulators as Precision Knobs

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Active Inference, The Learn Arc — Part 7: Chapter 6 — Ship Your First Agent, in Six Steps

Active Inference, The Learn Arc — Part 7: Chapter 6 — Ship Your First Agent, in Six Steps

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Active Inference, The Learn Arc — Part 8: Chapter 7 — POMDPs, Sophisticated Planning, and Dirichlet Learning

Active Inference, The Learn Arc — Part 8: Chapter 7 — POMDPs, Sophisticated Planning, and Dirichlet Learning

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Active Inference, The Learn Arc — Part 9: Chapter 8 — Continuous Time, or "Motion of the Mode is the Mode of the Motion"

Active Inference, The Learn Arc — Part 9: Chapter 8 — Continuous Time, or "Motion of the Mode is the Mode of the Motion"

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Active Inference, The Learn Arc — Part 10: Chapter 9 — Model-Based Data Analysis, Free Energy as Log Evidence

Active Inference, The Learn Arc — Part 10: Chapter 9 — Model-Based Data Analysis, Free Energy as Log Evidence

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Active Inference, The Learn Arc — Part 11: Chapter 10 — Unified Theory of Sentient Behavior, Where the Theory Bends

Active Inference, The Learn Arc — Part 11: Chapter 10 — Unified Theory of Sentient Behavior, Where the Theory Bends

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Active Inference, The Learn Arc — Part 12: Session §1.1 — What Active Inference Actually Claims (Session-Depth)

Active Inference, The Learn Arc — Part 12: Session §1.1 — What Active Inference Actually Claims (Session-Depth)

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Active Inference, The Learn Arc — Part 13: Session §1.2 — Perception and Action, One Loop Up Close

Active Inference, The Learn Arc — Part 13: Session §1.2 — Perception and Action, One Loop Up Close

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Active Inference, The Learn Arc — Part 14: Session §1.3 — Why One Theory, and What the Book Covers

Active Inference, The Learn Arc — Part 14: Session §1.3 — Why One Theory, and What the Book Covers

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Active Inference, The Learn Arc — Part 15: Session §2.1 — Inference as Bayes' Rule, and the Hole Free Energy Fills

Active Inference, The Learn Arc — Part 15: Session §2.1 — Inference as Bayes' Rule, and the Hole Free Energy Fills

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Active Inference, The Learn Arc — Part 16: Session §2.2 — Why Free Energy, and What the Bound Buys You

Active Inference, The Learn Arc — Part 16: Session §2.2 — Why Free Energy, and What the Bound Buys You

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Active Inference, The Learn Arc — Part 17: Session §2.3 — The Cost of Being Wrong

Active Inference, The Learn Arc — Part 17: Session §2.3 — The Cost of Being Wrong

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Active Inference, The Learn Arc — Part 18: Session §2.4 — Action as Inference, the Flip That Sets Up Chapter 3

Active Inference, The Learn Arc — Part 18: Session §2.4 — Action as Inference, the Flip That Sets Up Chapter 3

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Active Inference, The Learn Arc — Part 19: Session §3.1 — Expected Free Energy in One Page

Active Inference, The Learn Arc — Part 19: Session §3.1 — Expected Free Energy in One Page

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Active Inference, The Learn Arc — Part 20: Session §3.2 — Epistemic vs Pragmatic Value

Active Inference, The Learn Arc — Part 20: Session §3.2 — Epistemic vs Pragmatic Value

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Active Inference, The Learn Arc — Part 21: Session §3.3 — The Softmax Policy and Its Precision Knob

Active Inference, The Learn Arc — Part 21: Session §3.3 — The Softmax Policy and Its Precision Knob

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Active Inference, The Learn Arc — Part 22: Session §3.4 — What Actually Makes an Agent "Active"

Active Inference, The Learn Arc — Part 22: Session §3.4 — What Actually Makes an Agent "Active"

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Active Inference, The Learn Arc — Part 23: Session §4.1 — States, Observations, Actions — The Three Lists

Active Inference, The Learn Arc — Part 23: Session §4.1 — States, Observations, Actions — The Three Lists

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Active Inference, The Learn Arc — Part 24: Session §4.2 — The A Matrix, Where Perception Lives

Active Inference, The Learn Arc — Part 24: Session §4.2 — The A Matrix, Where Perception Lives

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Active Inference, The Learn Arc — Part 25: Session §4.3 — Expected Free Energy, Introduced Concretely

Active Inference, The Learn Arc — Part 25: Session §4.3 — Expected Free Energy, Introduced Concretely

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Active Inference, The Learn Arc — Part 26: Session §4.4 — The MDP World, Where the A/B/C/D Stack Meets Reality

Active Inference, The Learn Arc — Part 26: Session §4.4 — The MDP World, Where the A/B/C/D Stack Meets Reality

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Active Inference, The Learn Arc — Part 27: Session §4.5 — Practice, or How You Actually Ship One

Active Inference, The Learn Arc — Part 27: Session §4.5 — Practice, or How You Actually Ship One

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Active Inference, The Learn Arc — Part 28: Session §5.1 — The Cortex as a Factor Graph

Active Inference, The Learn Arc — Part 28: Session §5.1 — The Cortex as a Factor Graph

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Active Inference, The Learn Arc — Part 29: Session §5.2 — Predictive Coding, Where the Gradient Lives

Active Inference, The Learn Arc — Part 29: Session §5.2 — Predictive Coding, Where the Gradient Lives

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Active Inference, The Learn Arc — Part 30: Session §5.3 — Neuromodulation, the Precision Knobs

Active Inference, The Learn Arc — Part 30: Session §5.3 — Neuromodulation, the Precision Knobs

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