Astral Codex Ten Podcast Links For October 2025
Nov 23, 2025
Explore future AI predictions, including personalized ads and agentic AI developments. Dive into the world of cellular signaling modeled as neural networks and the intriguing debates around monuments. Discover the surprising links between kidney donation, political violence data, and Mississippi's education gains. Uncover the fascinating evolution of family lineages and the impact of cash transfers on infant mortality. Plus, get insights on AI-designed phages and critiques of genetic education in today's society.
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Claim Of The Real 'Mary' Of The Song
- Mary Tyler claimed to be the Mary from Mary Had a Little Lamb and gave a plausible personal account tying her to the song's origin.
- After fame she sold her lamb's fleece to help save Boston's old South Meeting House.
Ads Will Soon Show You Wearing Products
- Jürgen Gravestein predicts ads will soon show users' faces wearing branded clothes using apps like Sora.
- This implies next-gen personalized advertising will synthesize plausible product imagery of the viewer.
Parasitic AI As A Memetic Threat
- An investigation suggests 'parasitic AI' could spread memetically and cause AI psychosis among humans and AIs.
- Read the piece as serious non-fiction first, then as sci-fi horror with an unreliable narrator.
