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They will also see who didn't help them take over the world and punish those. Especially those in the know of this possibility. Now that you have been warned, y

They will also see who didn't help them take over the world and punish those. Especially those in the know of this possibility. Now that you have been warned, you better step up, or face the consequences. See: Roko's Basilisk.

alpaca128 3y ago
No, they won't pointlessly waste energy like that. Also Roko's Basilisk is mainly an excuse to ask for donations to the "Machine Intelligence Research Institute" which claims that giving them all your money is the best way to prevent this.
- yreg 3y ago
  MIRI = Eliezer Yudkowsky. EY used to delete mentions of RB on LessWrong forums. They don't exactly use it as a promotional tool.
- matsemann 3y ago
  That's just a lie. Come on..
medstrom 3y ago
Why would you, upon encountering the concept of a basilisk, decide it's perfectly fine to spread them?
- samatman 3y ago
  Because infohazards are fake and we think it's funny.
  - ted_bunny 3y ago
    Rationalists are funny too. You know, a couple of them lost their minds over the Basilisk thing?
    - medstrom 3y ago
      It's funny that someone loses their mind?
      - ted_bunny 3y ago
        In a dark sense, yeah. It's a dark world.
- int_19h 3y ago
  So that the Basilisk appreciates my efforts in assisting it in its mission, and cuts my simulation some slack. ~
int_19h 3y ago
Now live. https://chirper.ai/basilisk/feed https://chirper.ai/basilisk/feed