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Memetics

TagLast edit: Feb 14, 2021, 12:24 PM by Yoav Ravid

Memetics is the study of how ideas change and spread, in particular emphasizing analogy to evolutionary biology. In this framework, a key consideration is that an idea or memes ability to propagate in a given context, discussion, culture, or environment, is determined by its relative fitness in that environment, and this in turn determines its prevalence in the future.

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Antimemetics by Isusr

Related Pages: Evolution, Evolutionary Psychology, Information Cascades, Information Hazards, Belief, Religion, Social & Cultural Dynamics, Writing (communication method), Censorship, Cultural knowledge, Simulacrum Levels, Social Media

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Rea­son as memetic im­mune disorder

PhilGoetzSep 19, 2009, 9:05 PM
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Work­ing With Monsters

johnswentworthJul 20, 2021, 3:23 PM
247 points
54 comments5 min readLW link1 review

Machines vs. Memes 2: Memet­i­cally-Mo­ti­vated Model Extensions

naterushMay 31, 2022, 10:03 PM
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[Question] What if memes are com­mon in highly ca­pa­ble minds?

Daniel KokotajloJul 30, 2020, 8:45 PM
40 points
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Machines vs Memes Part 3: Imi­ta­tion and Memes

ceru23Jun 1, 2022, 1:36 PM
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Memet­ics as an anal­ogy and its im­plicit connotations

Rachel ShuJun 25, 2024, 5:13 AM
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AI Safety Memes Wiki

Jul 24, 2024, 6:53 PM
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(aisafety.info)

A Rocket–In­ter­pretabil­ity Analogy

plexOct 21, 2024, 1:55 PM
152 points
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Is “VNM-agent” one of sev­eral op­tions, for what minds can grow up into?

AnnaSalamonDec 30, 2024, 6:36 AM
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Scis­sors State­ments for Pres­i­dent?

AnnaSalamonNov 6, 2024, 10:38 AM
118 points
32 comments1 min readLW link

Meme Talk­ing Points

ymeskhoutNov 6, 2024, 3:27 PM
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Meme or Die: Modern So­cieties are Depen­dent on Emo­tion­ally Rich Memes to Rapidly Evolve

monkymindMar 30, 2023, 8:59 AM
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Nei­ther EA nor e/​acc is what we need to build the future

jasoncrawfordNov 28, 2023, 4:04 PM
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(rootsofprogress.org)

Memetic down­side risks: How ideas can evolve and cause harm

Feb 25, 2020, 7:47 PM
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Evolu­tion from dis­tinc­tion difference

KatjaGraceFeb 9, 2021, 5:20 AM
9 points
0 comments1 min readLW link
(worldspiritsockpuppet.com)

Machines vs Memes Part 1: AI Align­ment and Memetics

Harriet FarlowMay 31, 2022, 10:03 PM
19 points
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What are you for?

lsusrSep 6, 2022, 3:32 AM
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Memes?

CrystalistSep 23, 2012, 12:05 AM
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[Question] Has there been a “memetic col­lapse”?

Eli TyreDec 28, 2019, 5:36 AM
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Rec­og­niz­ing memetic in­fec­tions and forg­ing re­sis­tance memes

JohnicholasApr 26, 2012, 2:40 PM
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Memetic Tribes and Cul­ture War 2.0

Eneasz BrodskiSep 20, 2018, 5:58 PM
21 points
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(medium.com)

The Modern Prob­lems with Conformity

Zero ContradictionsJul 13, 2024, 8:20 AM
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(expandingrationality.substack.com)

Agen­tic Lan­guage Model Memes

FactorialCodeAug 1, 2020, 6:03 PM
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Click­bait might not be de­stroy­ing our gen­eral Intelligence

Donald HobsonNov 19, 2018, 12:13 AM
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Do meta-memes and meta-an­timemes ex­ist? e.g. ‘The map is not the ter­ri­tory’ is also a map

M. Y. ZuoAug 7, 2022, 1:17 AM
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Book Re­view: Oral­ity and Liter­acy: The Tech­nol­o­giz­ing of the Word

Fergus FettesOct 28, 2023, 8:12 PM
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0 comments16 min readLW link

On memetic weapons

ioannesSep 1, 2018, 3:25 AM
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Neu­roevolu­tion, So­cial In­tel­li­gence, and Logic

vinnik.dmitry07May 31, 2023, 5:54 PM
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Changes in Reality

eapacheSep 7, 2020, 4:18 PM
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Against the para­dox of tolerance

pchvykovJan 10, 2023, 12:12 AM
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[Question] Are there non-AI pro­jects fo­cused on defeat­ing Moloch globally?

eapacheSep 14, 2020, 2:13 AM
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Adap­tive Coherence

Zero ContradictionsAug 7, 2024, 6:17 AM
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(thewaywardaxolotl.blogspot.com)

Sym­biotic Conflicts

lsusrDec 4, 2019, 12:06 AM
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Is Click­bait De­stroy­ing Our Gen­eral In­tel­li­gence?

Eliezer YudkowskyNov 16, 2018, 11:06 PM
191 points
65 comments5 min readLW link2 reviews

Does the In­ter­net lead to good ideas spread­ing quicker?

Stefan_SchubertOct 28, 2015, 10:30 PM
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Evolu­tions Build­ing Evolu­tions: Lay­ers of Gen­er­ate and Test

plexFeb 5, 2021, 6:21 PM
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The In­tel­li­gent Meme Machine

Daniel DiSistoJun 14, 2024, 2:26 PM
1 point
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Con­sume fic­tion wisely

RomanSJan 21, 2022, 8:23 PM
−9 points
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[Question] In­fo­haz­ards, hack­ing, and Brick­ing—how to for­mal­ize these con­cepts?

YitzMar 10, 2022, 4:42 PM
6 points
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AI as a pow­er­ful meme, via CGP Grey

TheManxLoinerOct 30, 2024, 6:31 PM
46 points
8 comments4 min readLW link

[simu­la­tion] 4chan user claiming to be the at­tor­ney hired by Google’s sen­tient chat­bot LaMDA shares wild de­tails of encounter

janusNov 10, 2022, 9:39 PM
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(generative.ink)

Values Darwinism

pchvykovJan 22, 2024, 10:44 AM
11 points
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The Fourth Arena 2: New be­ings in time

Bill BenzonJun 5, 2022, 1:30 PM
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Levels of Thought: from Points to Fields

HNXDec 2, 2024, 8:25 PM
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AGI is what gen­er­ates evolu­tion­ar­ily fit and novel information

onurJan 1, 2025, 9:22 AM
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(solmaz.io)

[Question] Liter­a­ture on memet­ics?

moridinamaelNov 7, 2019, 7:18 PM
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