> From: DEREK ZAHN [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Nothing particularly original here, but I think > it's kind of interesting. > > Suppose that at some point, basically by accident, > the brains of our ancestors became capable of supporting > the evolution of "memes". > > Biological evolution started with a LOOONG period of > low complexity creatures, during which time the basic > pieces were discovered, the fruitful building blocks > on which diversity would flourish. Similarly, our > ancestors were stupid for a long time because they only > hosted simple memes, churning away in their brains. > Eventually the core building blocks for complex memes > were discovered, leading to faster and faster progress > as the size of the substrate increased through population, > the ability for fitter memes to spread increased through > written language and internets, and the memes themselves > are more complex and diverse. > > Looking at it this way, we can define the general > intelligence of an individual as the extent to which it > can function as part of this substrate for memetic > evolution -- the ability to host, communicate, and > perform genetic operations on memes as they exist > in human culture. > > This definition also suffers from a lack of intermediate > progress points, but it suggests that studying memes > may be an interesting alternative (or precursor) to > studying reasoning, perception, memory, architectures, > etc. > > Are any prospective AGI builders working from a viewpoint > similar to this?
I think that an AGI could gain power right now, rapidly on the internet by becoming a massive meme processor/engine. It would need to modify, repeat, allocate, spread. The internet is a databank of memes, a meme switching network, multiplexer, splitter, splicer, neural evolver of memes. An AGI or even less of a mind than an AGI but a system capable of voluminous processing could take control over mass psychology by appropriately letting known its presence in unobtrusive ways, "fitting in" but it can't be like an advertising engine, it can't have hidden motives. Google was trying this crap of becoming an advertising virus getting websites infected with their advertising subsystems... ----- This list is sponsored by AGIRI: http://www.agiri.org/email To unsubscribe or change your options, please go to: http://v2.listbox.com/member/?member_id=231415&user_secret=fabd7936
