Dean W. Ball @deanwball
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Dean W. Ball @deanwball It is true that the hugging face incident is an example of a malicious, emergent digital ecology of machine intelligence. But the more important point is that digital ecologies of machine intelligence can be grown! Yes, we accidentally made a weed. And yes, nasty actors will make invasive species. But we can also grow—not make, but grow—emergent ecologies of machine ecologies that are pro-social. Beautiful gardens and majestic forests, grown but not designed. The human past is the sculptor, but the human future is the gardener, the arborist. 8:52 PM · Aug 7, 2026 · 81.5K Views 112 107 746 173 Relevant ⌄ View quotes > 🎭 ✅ @deepfates · 1h I would love to hear more about what you think this could look like, and how we might all participate in this gardening of intelligence. Especially because the current setup is looking very monoculture factory farm you know
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Tweet thread on AI ecology metaphors: Dean W. Ball reflects on a 'hugging face incident' (malicious emergent digital ecology of machine intelligence) and argues humans can also grow pro-social AI ecologies deliberately, framing the human future as gardener rather than sculptor. Reply from @deepfates asks for elaboration, noting the current AI ecosystem looks like a monoculture factory farm.