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This document appears to be a page (page 86) from a book or essay discussing Artificial General Intelligence (AGI), human evolution, and cultural theory. The text explores the concept of 'memes' and argues that early human evolution favored the preservation of cultural knowledge over innovation, leading to long periods of stasis. It references philosopher Karl Popper and Steven Pinker's book 'The Better Angels of Our Nature' while discussing historical violence and the suppression of disobedience.
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| Popper | Philosopher |
Referenced regarding arguments on thinking entities and explanatory knowledge (likely Karl Popper).
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| Steven Pinker | Author |
Author of 'The Better Angels of Our Nature', referenced in the text.
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Referenced as a civilization regarding modern cultural norms.
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"This is human-level intelligence: thinking. It is also, or should be, the property we seek in artificial general intelligence (AGI)."Source
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"Steven Pinker’s book The Better Angels of our Nature contains accounts of horrendous evils that were normal in historical civilizations."Source
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"But culture consists of transmissible information—memes—and meme evolution, like gene evolution, tends to favor high-fidelity transmission."Source
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