The Technium: Epizone AI: Outside the Code Stack
I propose that AI will not disrupt human daily life until it also migrates from a genetic-ish code-based substrate to a widespread, heterodox culture-like platform. AI needs to have its own culture in order to evolve faster, just as humans did. It cannot remain just a thread of improving software/hardware functions; it must become an embedded ecosystem of entities that adapt, learn, and improve outside of the code stack. This AI epizone will enable its cultural evolution, just as the human society did for humans.

The Technium
Epizone AI: Outside the Code Stack
Thesis: The missing element in forecasting the future of AI is to understand that AI needs culture just as humans need culture. One of the most significant scientific insights into understanding our own humanity was the relatively recent insight that … Continue reading →
