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[December 2024] - Has non-human intelligence influenced Earth?
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resolved Dec 31
No
Yes
No opinion

Before December 23, 2024, had non-human intelligence ever influenced any person, creature, or event on Earth?

The definition of "non-human intelligence" is left to the respondent to define, EXCEPT that it excludes software programmed by current humans and known Earth life such as apes, dolphins, ants, and trees.

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Seems to me that even if you don't currently believe in aliens or a higher power, the odds that something has influenced earth in its 4.5 billion year history is greater than not.

Is Moloch a “non-human intelligence”?

I voted YES in the Ted Chiang “corporate profit motive as a goal function is as non-human as any AI” sense

Corporations are “made of” humans sure, but they’re as inhumane, inscrutable, and immovable as any non-human entity

"Software programmed by current humans" seems like a category definition that leaves out LLMs, since they're more grown than programmed. "Created by current humans" is a category definition I'm more comfortable with.