Galileo's Basilisk
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I am disappointed that I have to write this. It is deeply embarrassing that the thing I am writing about has gone on for so long, that so...

cross-posted from: https://slrpnk.net/post/37599571

This is less related to actually existing “AI” and more about one of the myths (or, ultimately, the constellation of myths) that drives people to work on “AI.” I posted this on Mastodon, but it probably belongs here as well.

  • YouKnowWhoTheFuckIAMEnglish
    3·
    9 days ago

    oh im in favour of both, see here from the above:

    This is all fine, by the way. I think it’s actually good to miss the point of Roko’s Basilisk and just laugh at it. However, it’s also useful to have a deeper theory.

    what you’re describing is the old SneerClub method, whose effectiveness was proven in the subreddit’s height with a large number of (some quite significant) testimonials

    my point is that there is something deeper at work here as well, namely a political economy of virtuous selfishness which latches on to ideas like Roko’s Basilisk to give itself an eschatology and therefore meaning

    • hex_m_hell@slrpnk.netOPEnglish
      4·
      8 days ago

      I hadn’t even been aware of this community until someone in FuckAI said I should x-post here. It’s pretty cool. I’m excited this place exists. :)

      • YouKnowWhoTheFuckIAMEnglish
        4·
        8 days ago

        lol

        I hadn’t even been aware of this community until someone in FuckAI said I should x-post here

        that’s good advertising