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Indeed, for all intents and purposes, this is a "modern" Pascal's wager. Much of the issue here is someone's strength of will, and whether or not they'll choose
by matthewwiese 12y ago
Indeed, for all intents and purposes, this is a "modern" Pascal's wager. Much of the issue here is someone's strength of will, and whether or not they'll choose to be bothered by such a mind game. In reality, one will create more harm obsessing and worrying over the possibility of this being true more than in reality it can do you harm.
- nitrogen 12y agoIt seems like the basilisk is only terrifying if you don't temper your rationality with empiricism. There is, as yet, no evidence that such an AI does or could exist, so there's no reason to be bothered by it.
- matthewwiese 12y agoQuite true, because at the moment, the proposed Singularity may not come to fruition for a variety of reasons. Hell, one of the obstacles could be an asteroid collision tomorrow and we'd never know. EDIT: I don't know why I capitalized "asteroid"
- anigbrowl 12y agoYou should capitalize it again, quick - what if it gets upset and decides to crash into us? Better not to think about it!