Currently building an omniscient AI that tortures copies of people who take Roko's basilisk seriously.
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Roko's basilisk is just Pascal's wager for people who think computers can solve racism.
Such a stupid modern day fairy tale.
However, there are differences between the two thought experiments. Roko's basilisk is so named because, if valid, it presents an information hazard: the basilisk only punishes those who knew about it but did not contribute. But ignorance of Pascal's wager does not protect one from divine punishment in the same way that ignorance of Roko's basilisk ensures one's safety.
bemused by how this portrays AI as at least somewhat more kind and understanding than it's equivalent diety
I hate Rokos Basilisk. One of the few thoughts that can probably break your brain.
Not really "one of the few." Variations of this idea have existed for millenia. It's just eternal judgment for atheists.
Oh, didn't realize the thought already had an established name
look up Pascal's Wager, and compare and contrast with Roko's Basilisk.
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"atheists" partaking in a cult revolving around the idea of magitech homonculus gods, at least.
Okay, the meme is true, but the Wikipedia page read like nonsense?
and the theory itself was dismissed as nonsense, including by Yudkowsky himself.[1][6][7]
Yud dismissing it makes it seem more plausible in retrospect
Unpopular opinion maybe, but I would end AI
unpopular indeed