- preventing arms race multipolar traps<ref>[[- YouTube]([- YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v====8XCXvzQdcug)) In Search of the Third Attractor, Daniel Schmachtenberger, 2022]</ref> where agents maximize local short term free energy minimizing objective function instead of global one by supporting shared free energy minimizing goal states, preventing power monopolies, decreasing power asymmetries thanks to common ground between agents<ref>[[- YouTube]([- YouTube]([- YouTube]([- YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v====odkks5F9ZMM)))) Collective intelligence and active inference, Rafael Kaufmann et al., 2021]</ref><ref>[https://www.researchgate.net/publication/356784803_Active_Inference_in_Modeling_Conflict Active Inference in Modeling Conflict, Daniel A. Friedman et al., 2022]</ref><ref>[[Frontiers | Active Inference and Cooperative Communication: An Ecological Alternative to the Alignment View]([Frontiers | Active Inference and Cooperative Communication: An Ecological Alternative to the Alignment View](https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2021.708780/full)) Active Inference and Cooperative Communication: An Ecological Alternative to the Alignment View, Rémi Tison et al., 2021]</ref><ref>[[Resonating Minds—Emergent Collaboration Through Hierarchical Active Inference | Cognitive Computation]([Resonating Minds—Emergent Collaboration Through Hierarchical Active Inference | Cognitive Computation](https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12559-021-09960-4)) Resonating Minds—Emergent Collaboration Through Hierarchical Active Inference, Jan Pöppel et al., 2022]</ref><ref>[[[2210.13113] Interactive inference: a multi-agent model of cooperative joint actions]([[2210.13113] Interactive inference: a multi-agent model of cooperative joint actions](https://arxiv.org/abs/2210.13113)) Interactive inference: a multi-agent model of cooperative joint actions, Domenico Maisto et al., 2022]</ref><ref>[https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/B9780128176368000041 Chapter 4 - Active Inference in Multiagent Systems: Context-Driven Collaboration and Decentralized Purpose-Driven Team Adaptation, Georgiy Levchuk et al., 2019]</ref><ref>[https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7858259/ Cooperation and Social Rules Emerging From the Principle of Surprise Minimization, Mattis Hartwig, 2020]</ref> <references/> =======Common language======= - unifying common language of meaning and values, thinking about what unifes us instead of what polarizes us, keeping both collective unity but also individualistic specialized diversity<ref>[[- YouTube]([- YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v====hZpKdfbrd6o)) Rebuilding Society on Meaning, Joe Edelman et al., 2023]</ref><ref>[[- YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v====YRZIgYwCTJ4) Emergentism: The Religion That's Not a Religion, Brendan Graham Dempsey, 2023]</ref> - quantify common language by mapping out the massage passing dynamics (evolutionary dynamics of differently specialized interacting languages) between the different interacting ecosystem of Active Inference agents and the goal for global wellbeing is to minimize the dissonant friction between them thanks to inneficient communication and conflicting goal states <references/> =======Aligning artificial intelligence======= We can analyze existing artificial intelligence systems using the Active Inference framework by finding correct descriptive model of their black box behavior, or create novel AI systems using it, which leads to much more intepretability thanks to the architecture's bigger similarity with the brain's architecture<ref>[[Towards a computational phenomenology of mental action: modelling meta-awareness and attentional control with deep parametric active inference - PubMed]([Towards a computational phenomenology of mental action: modelling meta-awareness and attentional control with deep parametric active inference - PubMed]([Towards a computational phenomenology of mental action: modelling meta-awareness and attentional control with deep parametric active inference - PubMed]([Towards a computational phenomenology of mental action: modelling meta-awareness and attentional control with deep parametric active inference - PubMed]([Towards a computational phenomenology of mental action: modelling meta-awareness and attentional control with deep parametric active inference - PubMed]([Towards a computational phenomenology of mental action: modelling meta-awareness and attentional control with deep parametric active inference - PubMed]([Towards a computational phenomenology of mental action: modelling meta-awareness and attentional control with deep parametric active inference - PubMed]([Towards a computational phenomenology of mental action: modelling meta-awareness and attentional control with deep parametric active inference - PubMed](https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34457352/)))))))) Towards a computational phenomenology of mental action: modelling meta-awareness and attentional control with deep parametric active inference, Lars Sandved-Smith et al., 2021]</ref> which is more intuitive to us, and more freedom in tuning its specialization by parametrization.<ref>[[- YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v====skf3sOM-7WI) Python package for simulating active inference agents, Conor Heins et al., 2022]</ref><ref>[[[2306.04025] Designing explainable artificial intelligence with active inference: A framework for transparent introspection and decision-making]([[2306.04025] Designing explainable artificial intelligence with active inference: A framework for transparent introspection and decision-making](https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.04025)) Designing explainable artificial intelligence with active inference: A framework for transparent introspection and decision-making, Karl Friston et al., 2023]</ref><ref>[[[2212.01354] Designing Ecosystems of Intelligence from First Principles]([[2212.01354] Designing Ecosystems of Intelligence from First Principles](https://arxiv.org/abs/2212.01354)) Designing Ecosystems of Intelligence from First Principles, Karl Friston et al., 2022]</ref> For alignment, we can implement theory of mind and shared goal space in the architecture.<ref>[[- YouTube]([- YouTube]([- YouTube]([- YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v====odkks5F9ZMM)))) Collective intelligence and active inference, Rafael Kaufmann et al., 2021]</ref> We can use testing benchmarks in simulations regarding psychopathy, depressivity, paranoia, conflictness and so on.<ref>[[MACHIAVELLI]([MACHIAVELLI](https://aypan17.github.io/machiavelli/)) Do the Rewards Justify the Means? Measuring Trade-Offs Between Rewards and Ethical Behavior in the MACHIAVELLI Benchmark, Alexander Pan et al., 2023]</ref> Most promising method of interpreting and aligning current AI language models is automating it using AI.<ref>[[Introducing Superalignment]([Introducing Superalignment]([Introducing Superalignment](https://openai.com/blog/introducing-superalignment))) Introducing Superalignment, OpenAI, 2023]</ref><ref>[[Language models can explain neurons in language models]([Language models can explain neurons in language models]([Language models can explain neurons in language models]([Language models can explain neurons in language models](https://openai.com/research/language-models-can-explain-neurons-in-language-models)))) Language models can explain neurons in language models, OpenAI, 2023]</ref> <references/> ======Collective mental health====== - promoting insights from mental health research such as stress management techniques such as meditation or acceptance theraphy into cultural folk psychology<ref>[https://www.verywellmind.com/acceptance-commitment-therapy-gad-1393175 Acceptance and Commitment Therapy]</ref><ref>[[Frontiers | Life Crafting as a Way to Find Purpose and Meaning in Life]([Frontiers | Life Crafting as a Way to Find Purpose and Meaning in Life]([Frontiers | Life Crafting as a Way to Find Purpose and Meaning in Life]([Frontiers | Life Crafting as a Way to Find Purpose and Meaning in Life]([Frontiers | Life Crafting as a Way to Find Purpose and Meaning in Life]([Frontiers | Life Crafting as a Way to Find Purpose and Meaning in Life]([Frontiers | Life Crafting as a Way to Find Purpose and Meaning in Life]([Frontiers | Life Crafting as a Way to Find Purpose and Meaning in Life](https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.02778/full)))))))) Life Crafting as a Way to Find Purpose and Meaning in Life, Michaéla C. Schippers et al., 2019]</ref> or the prior that tons of money must lead to happiness.<ref>[[The secret to happiness? Here’s some advice from the longest-running study on happiness - Harvard Health]([The secret to happiness? Here’s some advice from the longest-running study on happiness - Harvard Health]([The secret to happiness? Here’s some advice from the longest-running study on happiness - Harvard Health]([The secret to happiness? Here’s some advice from the longest-running study on happiness - Harvard Health]([The secret to happiness? Here’s some advice from the longest-running study on happiness - Harvard Health]([The secret to happiness? Here’s some advice from the longest-running study on happiness - Harvard Health]([The secret to happiness? Here’s some advice from the longest-running study on happiness - Harvard Health]([The secret to happiness? Here’s some advice from the longest-running study on happiness - Harvard Health]([The secret to happiness? Here’s some advice from the longest-running study on happiness - Harvard Health](https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/the-secret-to-happiness-heres-some-advice-from-the-longest-running-study-on-happiness-2017100512543))))))))) The secret to happiness? Here’s some advice from the longest-running study on happiness, Matthew Solan, 2017]</ref> <references/> - measuring meaning, happiness, social connection or value satisfaction by questionares or infering it from measuring happiness (or the amount of synchrony, desynchrony, conflict, agression, hate, opression and so on) latent paramater in public discourse using machine learning language model text analysis<ref>[[A Technique to Calculate National Happiness Index by Analyzing Roman Urdu Messages Posted on Social Media | ACM Transactions on Asian and Low-Resource Language Information Processing]([A Technique to Calculate National Happiness Index by Analyzing Roman Urdu Messages Posted on Social Media | ACM Transactions on Asian and Low-Resource Language Information Processing](https://dl.acm.org/doi/abs/10.1145/3400712)) A Technique to Calculate National Happiness Index by Analyzing Roman Urdu Messages Posted on Social Media, Rabia Habiba et al., 2020]</ref> or fluid dynamics<ref>[[Phys. Rev. Lett. 130, 237401 (2023) - Shockwavelike Behavior across Social Media]([Phys. Rev. Lett. 130, 237401 (2023) - Shockwavelike Behavior across Social Media](https://journals.aps.org/prl/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevLett.130.237401)) Shockwavelike Behavior across Social Media, Pedro D. Manrique et al., 2023]</ref> and adding it as corresponding active inference parameter, it's inference can be automated with machine learning<ref>[https://twitter.com/kevinjmiller10/status/1675829959598788609 Cognitive Model Discovery via Disentangled RNNs, Kevin J. Miller et al., 2023]</ref> <references/> - making sure environment has conditions for population's wellbeing when it comes to basic needs and doesnt disregulate nervous systems and has functioning healthcare<ref>[https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4737091/ Depression as a systemic syndrome: mapping the feedback loops of major depressive disorder, A. K. Wittenborn et al., 2015]</ref><ref>[https://twitter.com/kevinjmiller10/status/1675829959598788609 Cognitive Model Discovery via Disentangled RNNs, Kevin J. Miller et al., 2023]</ref><ref>[[- YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v====-BXBfLhgdb8) Wellbeing, Health & Healing in a Complex World, Daniel Schmachtenberger, 2019]</ref> <references/> =======Loneliness crisis======= - since deep meaningful human connections in a community<ref>[[The secret to happiness? Here’s some advice from the longest-running study on happiness - Harvard Health]([The secret to happiness? Here’s some advice from the longest-running study on happiness - Harvard Health]([The secret to happiness? Here’s some advice from the longest-running study on happiness - Harvard Health]([The secret to happiness? Here’s some advice from the longest-running study on happiness - Harvard Health]([The secret to happiness? Here’s some advice from the longest-running study on happiness - Harvard Health]([The secret to happiness? Here’s some advice from the longest-running study on happiness - Harvard Health]([The secret to happiness? Here’s some advice from the longest-running study on happiness - Harvard Health]([The secret to happiness? Here’s some advice from the longest-running study on happiness - Harvard Health]([The secret to happiness? Here’s some advice from the longest-running study on happiness - Harvard Health](https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/the-secret-to-happiness-heres-some-advice-from-the-longest-running-study-on-happiness-2017100512543))))))))) The secret to happiness? Here’s some advice from the longest-running study on happiness, Matthew Solan, 2017]</ref> can be seen as the main predictor of happiness, where values (inferable through questionares or data analysis)<ref>[[- YouTube]([- YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v====hZpKdfbrd6o)) Rebuilding Society on Meaning, Joe Edelman et al., 2023]</ref> of people can be satisfied, measure and modify needed conditions for communities interacting or living together to emerge bottomup or topdown<ref>[[America has a loneliness epidemic. Here are 6 steps to address it : NPR]([America has a loneliness epidemic. Here are 6 steps to address it : NPR]([America has a loneliness epidemic. Here are 6 steps to address it : NPR]([America has a loneliness epidemic. Here are 6 steps to address it : NPR]([America has a loneliness epidemic. Here are 6 steps to address it : NPR](https://www.npr.org/2023/05/02/1173418268/loneliness-connection-mental-health-dementia-surgeon-general))))) America has a loneliness epidemic. Here are 6 steps to address it, Juana Summers et al., 2023]</ref> <references/> =======Meaning crisis======= - reducing meaning crisis through unifying languages<ref>[[- YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v====5LXSPZe9SbY) The Meaning Crisis,Brendan Graham Dempsey, 2022]</ref>, wisdom and meditation traditions<ref>[[- YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v====Pw2vxMRxF5o) John Vervaeke's Meaning Crisis research synthetized with Active Inference, John Vervaeke and Active Inference Institute, 2022]</ref>(movements, cultures, religions, ideologies, philosophies) - maximizing meaning instead of limbic hijacking addictivity in social media and consumerist market in general<ref>[[- YouTube]([- YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v====g7WtcTATa2U)) Ai Wormhole & The Metacrisis, Daniel Schmachtenberger, 2023]</ref> <references/> =======Adaptibility======= Increasing adaptibility and collective synchrony by collective annealing activities such as reminds of common goals (values, meaning, threat), collective meditations, ayahuasca journeys, https://<ref>[[OSF]([OSF]([OSF]([OSF]([OSF]([OSF]([OSF](https://psyarxiv.com/uxmz6/))))))) Deep CANALs: A Deep Learning Approach to Refining the Canalization Theory of Psychopathology, Adam Safron et al., 2023]</ref><ref>[https://twitter.com/QualiaRI/status/1659991488800100353 Neural Annealing, Andrés Gómez-Emilsson, 2023]</ref> , modern egoic consciousness suffers from an excess of order<ref>[https://twitter.com/JakeOrthwein/status/1650585844942802945 Carhart Harris on chaos and order]</ref> - not too much comfort (inertia), not too much destabilizing chronic stress<ref>[[- YouTube]([- YouTube]([- YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v====m8gUev5aVFs))) Exploring the Predictive Dynamics of Happiness and Well-Being, Mark Miller, 2022]</ref> <references/> =======Adapting healthy mechanisms to dissolve, reinforce, transform models, releasing entropic tension, such as not avoiding issues and resolving them======= Such as overly confident overfitted strenghtened rigid maladaptive (outdated) assumptions<ref>[[OSF]([OSF]([OSF]([OSF]([OSF]([OSF]([OSF]([OSF]([OSF]([OSF]([OSF]([OSF]([OSF]([OSF]([OSF]([OSF]([OSF]([OSF]([OSF]([OSF](https://psyarxiv.com/zqh4b/)))))))))))))))))))) On the Varieties of Conscious Experiences: Altered Beliefs Under Psychedelics (ALBUS), Adam Safron, 2020]</ref> by disrupting maladaptive pixed point attractors local minimas.<ref>[[- YouTube]([- YouTube]([- YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v====m8gUev5aVFs))) Exploring the Predictive Dynamics of Happiness and Well-Being, Mark Miller, 2022]</ref><ref>[https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0028390822004579 Canalization and plasticity in psychopathology, R.L. Carhart-Harris et al., 2023]</ref> <references/> =======Having resting phases to regenerate======= =======Alignment of bottom up and top down causal forces======= - Power checking of potential monopolies of power not aligned with the values of the people, strenghtening emergent top down value priors through streghtening democracy by education<ref>[[- YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v====ZCOfUYrZJMQ) In Search of the Third Attractor, Daniel Schmachtenberger, 2022]</ref> - Checking exponential tech's direction of evolution such that its influence on evolution of system's structure isnt misaligned with societal values <references/> ====Since Active Inference also works for the brain, where hiearchy of Active Inference agents can be seen as neural populations in the cortical hiearchy, many of these insights come from and can be used for individual mental health engineering as well, strenghtening psychotheraphy systems?==== ====More thoughts====