Roko's basilisk
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title:
Roko's basilisk
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Roko's basilisk is a thought experiment which states that an otherwise benevolent artificial superintelligence (AI) in the future would be incentivized to create a virtual reality simulation to torture anyone who knew of its potential existence but did not directly contribute to its advancement or development, in order to incentivize said advancement. It originated in a 2010 post at discussion board LessWrong, a technical forum focused on analytical rational enquiry. The thought experiment's nam
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AI thought experiment
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roko%27s_basilisk
date created:
2022-03-22T23:08:05Z
date modified:
2024-09-02T03:06:19Z
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