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Critics Call Roko's Basilisk Thought Experiment Overhyped

Original: "Roko's Basilisk" is basically trash, mere emotional projection masquerading as an intellectual concept, but the specifi

Roko's Basilisk, the internet-famous AI thought experiment about a future superintelligence punishing those who failed to bring it into existence, is being dismissed by critics as empty theorising. One critic argues the idea is mere emotional projection dressed up as philosophy, and points out that its 'basilisk' name — borrowed from science fiction — doesn't even fit the concept it describes. The debate highlights how much attention the paradox still attracts years after it first circulated online.

Why now: Ongoing debate about the validity and naming of the well-known AI thought experiment.

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• "Roko's Basilisk" is basically trash, mere emotional projection masquerading as an intellectual concept, but the specific choice of basilisk (which seems to have been prompted by its usage in a sci-fi story) is such a curious one. It doesn't match what "Roko's Basilisk" is… · mxchara@cyberpunk.lol · 3

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