Jan Colvait
Presenter of a talk on cultural evolution and AI risk; author of the essay 'Why You Don't Believe in Xhosa Prophecies' and speaker at the Post-AGI Workshop, discussing cultural virulence and AI-mediated transmission.
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Feb 14, 2026 • 9min
"Why You Don’t Believe in Xhosa Prophecies" by Jan_Kulveit
Jan Colvait, presenter on cultural evolution and AI risk, and author of an essay on Xhosa prophecies. He probes odd cultural artifacts like summit crosses, explains cultural evolution with cookbook examples, and contrasts human transmission limits with how AI could let harmful ideas spread. He recounts the Xhosa cattle‑killing case and warns culture on an AI substrate could ignore human survival constraints.
