Antimimetics in the 23rd Dimension
From AGI with Carlos by Carlos De la Guardia
January 15, 2026 · 1h 34m
About this episode
The episode explores diverse criteria of progress and success in relation to neural networks, cognitive limitations, and the initialization of intelligence.
The need for diverse criteria of progress and success How neural networks and evolution avoid getting stuck in local optimaTuring completeness, Popper completeness, and other forms of universalityHuman cognitive limitations and the challenge of visualizing high dimensionsIntelligence in chaotic versus patterned universesInitializing a mind: What needs to be built-in from the start?Memory-erasing entities in stories like There Is No Antimemetics Division and Doctor WhoFatal infohazards an...
People in this episode
Host: Carlos De la Guardia
Topics covered
- neural networks
- evolution
- cognitive limitations
- high dimensions
- intelligence
- memory
- infohazards
Keywords
- antimimetics
- Turing completeness
- Popper completeness
- local optima
- chaotic universes
- patterned universes
- memory-erasing entities
- fatal infohazards
Mentioned in this episode
Books & works: There Is No Antimemetics Division, Doctor Who
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