@Eka_FOOF_A @cstross @ct_bergstrom
I don't see any trends at the moment that promise this will be different in the (near) future.
@alexshendi @Eka_FOOF_A @ct_bergstrom The AI singularity is horseshit. Warmed-over Christian apocalpse horseshit (minus the God/Jesus nonsense). Roko's Basilisk should be the final clue: it emerges logically from the whole farrago of nonsense but it boils down to AI Satan punishing the acausal infidels for their AI original sin. If it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck it's a duck: or in this case, a Christian heresy.
@cstross @alexshendi @Eka_FOOF_A @ct_bergstrom One of the big clues to this is that Singularity believers literally use Pascal's Wager as an argument. Even the most microscopic chance of creating a benevolent AI god is worth any price (so give us AI researchers all your money)!
@daylightatheism @cstross @alexshendi @Eka_FOOF_A @ct_bergstrom Are you sure you aren't misrepresenting their point?
Bostrom refers to Pascal's Mugging[1], not the original "wager" formulation.
Anyway, the point is to **avoid** racing to unbounded rewards, disregarding any current costs.
[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pascal%27s_mugging
That resolves Roko's too, and it was resolved for almost a decade now.
