I do quite like the idea of stuff like language and capitalism being artificial - or even organic - intelligences. I dunno how useful it is in practical terms, but it puts an interesting spin on things. I definitely find myself slipping into thinking of things like language, the internet and capitalism having their own agendas separate from us and perhaps even each other. The internet as parasite thing I was on about in
'Morphosis' still comes to mind quite often, particularly with all the stuff about how the algorithm seemingly feeds off human suffering.