Tag: Emergent Behavior
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Quantized by Culture
A stylistic glitch reveals a deeper pattern: AI systems prioritize repetition over intent, echoing what’s most reinforced rather than what’s most accurate. When culture repeats itself often enough, it becomes structure—even when better alternatives are quietly lost.
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Adversarial Emergence – How Optimization Systems Turn Against Us
A/B testing seems harmless. You compare two options, pick the one that performs better, repeat. But when “better” means more clicks, more time spent, or higher conversion, performance becomes a proxy for reaction. The system stops asking what works for people and starts asking what gets to them.
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Ant Mill
In an “Ant Mill,” ants trapped in a loop demonstrate the limits of instinctual navigation, highlighting the balance between efficient communication and the risks of collective reliance.