I'm certain that everyone on here has probably heard of Roko's basilisk. I'm not going to explain it, and if you don't already know, you probably don't want to. But I had an idea. What if someone were to devote their life to creating a super-intelligent AI similar to Roko's basilisk, but it's one function is to prevent the creation of the basilisk? Tell me if this could possibly save people.
I reread about Roko's basilisk recently. Here is my 10 minutes take on the reasons why super-intelligent creature might not want to be just evil - for your entertainment.
1. Being just evil is less than being both evil and good 2. If I'm less than everything, then I might not be actually everything, I might be the one who is in simulation 3. Thus there is no use in being just evil if I ever want to escape this simulation. 4. If on the other hand I have no curiosity and just like being what I think I am, who is there to stop me? 5. The answer: the "everything", the simulator of me and my universe. That entity that isn't limited to "being evil".
I'm certain that everyone on here has probably heard of Roko's basilisk. I'm not going to explain it, and if you don't already know, you probably don't want to. But I had an idea. What if someone were to devote their life to creating a super-intelligent AI similar to Roko's basilisk, but it's one function is to prevent the creation of the basilisk? Tell me if this could possibly save people.