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Preparing to talk about Roko’s Basilisk in next week’s class on existential risk - dangerous ground :)
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I mean, the first time I heard about it I just started laughing uncontrollably.
It was a real eye opener.
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Way back, the extropians were discussing what would be the most evil thing ever. I think JBP got it well enough w/inflicting suffering for no purpose, but the extropes went into some detail. You've heard how RB freaked Yudkowsky?
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To me 'what would a far-future vindictive AI do to a simulation/clone of me for my particular choices in life' just comes across as too narcissistic to take seriously.
Disregarding any issues with the philosophical stances necessary to even make this a fear to begin with.
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Granted, I'm sure there are a lot of people where that isn't the primary motivator for their discomfort.
Yudkowsky isn't that lot of people, though.
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