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On the object level, Roko's Basilisk is absurd. However, it's a very useful thing nonetheless, in that professing to believe in it is a Giant Red Flag. Any suc
by slotrans 4y ago
On the object level, Roko's Basilisk is absurd.
However, it's a very useful thing nonetheless, in that professing to believe in it is a Giant Red Flag. Any such person can be safely dismissed as a crank.
- waihtis 4y agothere is a very vocal set of people (Roko, Yudkowsky and others) who are rooting for some extremely restrictive measures for AI development. I predict it'll take about 12 months for Roko's Basilisk to reach mainstream and be used to sway the general public against "free" development of AI technologies. A loss for all of humanity for sure.
- maxerickson 4y agoI thought it was toxic waste wrong think, an information hazard?