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There Is No Antimemetics Division (2018)

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herculity275 ◴[12 Aug 24 14:31 UTC] No.41224826[source]▶
The author has also written a short horror story about simulated intelligence which I highly recommend: https://qntm.org/mmacevedo
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htk ◴[12 Aug 24 16:16 UTC] No.41226153[source]▶
Reading mmacevedo was the only time that I actually felt dread related to AI. Excellent short story. Scarier in my opinion than the Roko's Basilisk theory that melted Yudkowsky's brain.
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digging ◴[12 Aug 24 17:06 UTC] No.41226777[source]▶
> Scarier in my opinion than the Roko's Basilisk theory that melted Yudkowsky's brain.

Is that correct? I thought the Roko's Basilisk post was just seen as really stupid. Agreed that "Lena" is a great, chilling story though.

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1. htk ◴[12 Aug 24 19:50 UTC] No.41228532[source]▶
From Yudkowsky, according to the wikipedia article on the theory:

"When Roko posted about the Basilisk, I very foolishly yelled at him, called him an idiot, and then deleted the post. [...] Why I yelled at Roko: Because I was caught flatfooted in surprise, because I was indignant to the point of genuine emotional shock, at the concept that somebody who thought they'd invented a brilliant idea that would cause future AIs to torture people who had the thought, had promptly posted it to the public Internet"[1]

[1] https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roko%27s_basilisk