About this episode
"The end of mankind wouldn't even be biological in such an instance. It would be neurological."
~ Copernican
What if AI's biggest flaw - training on its own recycled data - isn't just a tech glitch, but a universal law unraveling societies, economies, and even mouse utopias?
Dive into this mind-bending theory that ties neural networks to human decadence, explores why socialism collapses like a bad map, and questions if superintelligence is doomed to diminishing returns - could this be the hidden force behind our cultural breakdown?
Check out the original article: Urban Bugmen and AI Model Collapse: A Unified Theory (Link: https://alwaysthehorizon.substack.com/p/urban-bugmen-and-ai-model-collapse)
References from the episode
Previous AI Unchained episodes, especially The Scam of OpenAI (Link: https://fountain.fm/episode/rD2MQlPCU8TDclQcHJmb) and Google "We Have No Moat..." (Link: https://fountain.fm/episode/7eFcXC9SsIRee9ZEHE3N)
The piece we covered on superintelligence theories - Situational Awareness (Link: https://fountain.fm/episode/pJxqSUeb99092QKn9A9H)
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