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From Hierarchy to Intelligence

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Show HN: Engineering Perception with Combinatorial Memetics

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alan_sass
·3 tháng trước·discuss
i've been pondering on the thought of a keiretsu structure for new AI-native orgs that are specialized with their functions.

does anyone have any thoughts on AI-native org structures?
alan_sass
·3 tháng trước·discuss
Original Post from @jack: https://x.com/jack/status/2039003879841362278
alan_sass
·4 tháng trước·discuss
Curious how this applies if you treat ALL information from external content as untrusted? Is there a process for the data to evolve from untrusted->trusted?

I'm interested in ingesting this type of data at scale but I already treat any information as adversarial, without any future prompts in the initial equation.
alan_sass
·4 tháng trước·discuss
I think an interesting thing to pay attention to soon is how there are networks of engagement farming cluster accounts on X that repost/like/manipulate interactions on their networks of accounts, and X at large to generate xyz.

There have been more advanced instances that I've noticed where they have one account generating response frameworks of text from a whitepaper, or other source/post, to re-distribute the content on their account as "original content"...

But then that post gets quoted from another account, with another LLM-generated text response to further amplify the previous text/post + new LLM text/post.

I believe that's where the world gets scary when very specific narrative frameworks can be applied to any post, that then gets amplified across socials.
alan_sass
·4 tháng trước·discuss
I've seen these data poisoning attacks from multiple perspectives lately (mostly from): SEC data ingestion + public records across state/federal databases.

I believe it is possible to reduce the data poisoning from these sources by applying a layered approach like the OP, but I believe it needs many more dimensions with scoring to model true adversaries with loops for autonomous quarantine->processing->ingesting->verification->research->continue to verification or quarantine->then start again for all data that gets added after the initial population.

Also, for: "1. Map every write path into your knowledge base. You can probably name the human editors. Can you name all the automated pipelines — Confluence sync, Slack archiving, SharePoint connectors, documentation build scripts? Each is a potential injection path. If you can’t enumerate them, you can’t audit them."

I recommend scoring for each source with different levels of escalation for all processes from official vs user-facing sources. That addresses issues starting from the core vs allowing more access from untrusted sources.
alan_sass
·5 tháng trước·discuss
this is incredible. we need more projects like this in the world!
alan_sass
·5 tháng trước·discuss
this is incredible! i'm loving it. great work
alan_sass
·5 tháng trước·discuss
Just a heads-up that this is nowhere near "all the mines" in Nevada. I've explored quite a few personally, live by some, and that entire list of my memories is missing. NV is also not included in the list of top 10 states which is a clear indicator of missing data fwiw.
alan_sass
·5 tháng trước·discuss
Combinatorial Memetics: The process of generating novel cultural value by systematically permuting and sequencing discrete units of meaning (memes/videos) to discover high-stickiness configurations. Unlike traditional "remixing," which is often random, combinatorial memetics implies a deliberate, algorithmic approach to maximizing viral fitness through structural arrangement.

The Atomic Unit: 1 video (10s) = 1 Meme.

The Combinatorial Act: Sequencing 154 of them where the transition ($N \to N+1$) creates the meaning.

The Result: A "Macro-Meme" (the thread) that is greater than the sum of its parts.
alan_sass
·5 tháng trước·discuss
Engineering Perception: https://x.com/alansass/status/2019904035982307406
alan_sass
·5 tháng trước·discuss
Is this a CC generated .md report formatted as a .pdf? Looks familiar.
alan_sass
·5 tháng trước·discuss
Hello, World!

I'm curious what everyone thinks about this approach, especially from anyone who's worked on entity resolution at scale, physics-based visualization of non-physical systems, or applying GNNs to real-world financial graph data.

I'd appreciate any and all recommendations or comments. Thank you!