Is there a looming Cultural Omnicide? — LessWrong
The reality, risks, & consequences of scaling consumer-entertainment technologies to a global population with little cognitive security. [mirrored fr…
x Is there a looming Cultural Omnicide? — LessWrong AI World Modeling Frontpage 24 Is there a looming Cultural Omnicide? by Jared M. 25th Jun 2025 6 min read 7 24 The reality, risks, & consequences of scaling consumer-entertainment technologies to a global population with little cognitive security. [mirrored from Substack ] Western, American culture will be in frontier language models’ training data. Most other cultures will not. If nobody steps in, ~90% of mankind's culture could die quite soon. Globally, indigenous cultures face an unprecedented threat to their traditional heritage. The Maru
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