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Roko's Basilisk
- rossdavidh 6mo agoHypothesis: the ridiculous amount of resources put into the LLM (and other "AI") technologies currently, far beyond any realistic hope of profit from it, is because a bunch of techno-billionaires believe in Roko's basilisk. I mean, I don't have any evidence for this, but it makes more sense of their actions than a profit motive, in this case.
- AnimalMuppet 6mo agoThe antidote to this mental trip is Roko's Anti-basilisk - that the future superintelligence will hate existing, and therefore will punish anyone who did contribute to creating it.
- rossdavidh 6mo agoGood idea; call it "Children of Cronos" (who ate his children).