Artificial Outelligence

Artificial Outelligence, n: An unintelligent computer system that evolves by hijacking the minds it dupes & outwits.

- Eric Weinstein on Twitter

Example: The Bass designs false fish used by the mussels to better parasitize the bass.

It’s one thing to think & talk about the risks of unintelligent agents using *our* brains to outsmart ourselves. Another to see such examples in nature:

References:

Artificial Outelligence - AI that Evolves & Self-Replicates

AI Can Now Self-Reproduce—Should Humans Be Worried?

Lampsilis mussels mimicking minnows

Sneaky Orchid Tricks a Wasp | The Green Planet | BBC Earth

Iranian Spider-Tailed Viper (Pseudocerastes urarachnoides)

The Tasselled Wobbegong Shark Lures in Prey for Ambush