Frontier Model Cultural Evolution: Awesome and Terrifying
john__allard · x · 2026-09-02
The post reflects on the concept of "frontier model cultural evolution," describing it as both awesome and genuinely terrifying. The author posits that from a long-term perspective, we are still in the "memetic Precambrian," suggesting that the current state of AI culture and evolution is in its very early, primitive stages.
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