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Note that if you see someone bring up Roko, it's overwhelmingly somebody arguing against alignment researchers; its use is primarily as "look at this crazy thin
by FeepingCreature 4y ago
Note that if you see someone bring up Roko, it's overwhelmingly somebody arguing against alignment researchers; its use is primarily as "look at this crazy thing these people believe."
- hgsgm 4y agoThat's because the rationalist/alignment people's belief system leads to a logical conclusion that talking about Roko's Basilisk harms the person you tell, and even rationalists have a human heart interfering with their extreme ultilitarianism.
- FeepingCreature 4y agoI mean, it's also because no rationalists take Roko's Basilisk intellectually seriously nowadays. There was a period of maybe a few months in 2010 where people were genuinely worried about it, and then they gradually figured out the logical holes in it. Any spread after that has been from outsiders who were fascinated with the idea. Nowadays it mostly persists as a trap for people with schizoaffective disorders. (Disclaimer: my view is of the forum itself; I don't know how long it persisted in SF circles.)