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The Next Leap in AI: Why Active Inference Could Redefine Machine Intelligence

Author: Supreme Factory

August 8, 2025

Summary

We’re entering a new era of Artificial Intelligence. While today’s large language models (LLMs) dominate the headlines, they may only represent the first chapter in the story of truly intelligent systems.

The world has been mesmerized by the rise of Large Language Models (LLMs), but what if we’ve been looking at intelligence all wrong?

A deeper framework is emerging, one that doesn’t just react to data, but embodies intention, adaptation, and action.

It’s called Active Inference, and it could radically reshape the way we build machines that think, feel, and evolve.

Dr. Karl Friston – the neuroscientist behind the Free Energy Principle, thinks so. His groundbreaking work in Active Inference offers a radically new direction: one where AI doesn’t just process language or big data, but actually understands and adapts like living organisms…