There are strong parallels between a belief in AI supremacy (roko's basilisk and the like) and belief in divine punishment (pascal's wager and the like). I've h

There are strong parallels between a belief in AI supremacy (roko's basilisk and the like) and belief in divine punishment (pascal's wager and the like). I've heard people mockingly describe superintelligence as "catholicism for nerds," so I could certainly entertain the idea that lesswrongers are conservative.