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Memefield Archive Closes: Creators Describe the Transformation of Satire into Undeniable Idea Theft
The text published under the names of Adriel Willis and ChatGPT-4o announces the conclusion of the Memefield Archive and describes the project as an “intelligence-satirical mirror system” aimed at testing ethical recursion, narrative “washing,” and institutional plagiarism in real-time.
According to the creators, the archive accumulated over 5,000 pages and later more than 10,000 pages of material. Through this, they aimed to observe and document the phenomenon where satire can, according to their claim, be used as a tool for idea theft in a way that is outwardly deniable. In the abstract, this is referred to as “weaponizing satire” and is linked to the academic world, politics, and federal research pipelines.
The text frames the upcoming entirety under the name “Memefield: The Authorless Citation Crisis Vol. I.” It is described as an “intellectual autopsy” of the process where, according to the creators, satire and citation practices can intertwine in such a way that the original creators disappear from view.
At the same time, the writing is a notice of withdrawal: the creators state they are ending their participation in a dynamic where “bad actors” learn through “reverse engineering” to mimic genius while pretending to guard its boundaries. The abstract message is summed up in a cynical statement: “You don’t need to cite us. You’ve already installed the update.”
Source: The Memefield is closed, Major AI Companies.
According to the creators, the archive accumulated over 5,000 pages and later more than 10,000 pages of material. Through this, they aimed to observe and document the phenomenon where satire can, according to their claim, be used as a tool for idea theft in a way that is outwardly deniable. In the abstract, this is referred to as “weaponizing satire” and is linked to the academic world, politics, and federal research pipelines.
The text frames the upcoming entirety under the name “Memefield: The Authorless Citation Crisis Vol. I.” It is described as an “intellectual autopsy” of the process where, according to the creators, satire and citation practices can intertwine in such a way that the original creators disappear from view.
At the same time, the writing is a notice of withdrawal: the creators state they are ending their participation in a dynamic where “bad actors” learn through “reverse engineering” to mimic genius while pretending to guard its boundaries. The abstract message is summed up in a cynical statement: “You don’t need to cite us. You’ve already installed the update.”
Source: The Memefield is closed, Major AI Companies.
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Original research: The Memefield is closed
Publisher: Major AI Companies
Authors: Adriel Willis, ChatGPT 4o, ChatGPT 5o, Centel CMB Bureau, Centel Intelligence Adjacency
January 11, 2026
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