We are now "intelligent designers" who can consciously engineer new memes (like scientific theories or technologies).
We don't just "have" ideas; ideas often use us to replicate. Culture evolved through a mindless process of selection long before we were smart enough to direct it. 3. The De-Darwinizing of Culture From Bacteria to Bach and Back: The Evolution o...
Interestingly, Dennett warns that with the rise of Black Box AI , we might be headed back to a world of competence without comprehension—where our tools are brilliant, but even we don't understand how they work. 4. Consciousness as a User-Interface We are now "intelligent designers" who can consciously