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Autocatalyse et hyperstition

2025

Abstract

Deux processus sont à l’œuvre dans l’émergence de superintelligences : l’auto-catalyse et l’hyperstition. L’autocatalyse rend compte des processus de rétroactions positives qui permettent à des systèmes intelligents de produire plus efficacement des systèmes intelligents. L’hyperstition désigne la manière dont certaines fictions, devenant des prophéties autoréalisatrices, réussissent à devenir des systèmes matériels. Jusqu’à récemment, autocatalyse et hyperstition se fondaient exclusivement sur des rétroactions capitalistiques, intermédiées. L’introduction des modèles de langage, décrits sous forme de code informatique, entraînés sur des corpus de textes et pouvant produire à la fois des textes et du code informatique, ouvre la voie à un nouveau type de récursivité, que nous nommons intrinsèque. Ce texte explore la manière dont des machines hyperstitionnelles, réalisant l’auto-catalyse des processus d’hyperstitions sont désormais envisageables.

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2025

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https://infoscience.epfl.ch/entities/publication/8cee2baa-77ed-436f-b5f6-ee819474516f

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