I've always viewed roko's basilisk as 'pascals wager for the nerds'. problem is that its a constructed narrative fit to target a desired outcome. reality is not

I've always viewed roko's basilisk as 'pascals wager for the nerds'. problem is that its a constructed narrative fit to target a desired outcome. reality is not tunneled into final state, it incrementally evolves. as I always say humans are ultimately analog but the pascals wager or any such 'do X or else' type setup tries to turn us into digital beings at some fundamental level. It does not works and just ends up distorting human behavior. even for Roko's basilisk it does not works if you apply some non-standard thinking like what happens if you apply second derivative basilisk as in would the super-super intelligence punish super-intelligence for bad behavior leading up to its own creation. IMO basilisk (& pascals wager for that matter) are cheap attempts to scare masses into submission, self censor & divide us into factions. they are pretty much targeting the worst impulses in humanity. BTW if you are going to take a model for (mass) compliance I'd say Hindu concept of reincarnation (as in do-overs with random levels .. think Netflix platform movie) is probably a better one than 'pascals wager derivatives'.