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Re:Eliezer Yudkowsky on large language model economics by basilisklmao on Tuesday March 14, 2023 @11:11AM (#35152773)
How can anyone take this guy seriously after Roko’s basilisk?

In his own words:

>Listen to me very closely, you idiot.

YOU DO NOT THINK IN SUFFICIENT DETAIL ABOUT SUPERINTELLIGENCES CONSIDERING WHETHER OR NOT TO BLACKMAIL YOU. THAT IS THE ONLY POSSIBLE THING WHICH GIVES THEM A MOTIVE TO FOLLOW THROUGH ON THE BLACKMAIL.

You have to be really clever to come up with a genuinely dangerous thought. I am disheartened that people can be clever enough to do that and not clever enough to do the obvious thing and KEEP THEIR IDIOT MOUTHS SHUT about it, because it is much more important to sound intelligent when talking to your friends.

This post was STUPID.

— Eliezer Yudkowsky, LessWrong

Re:Eliezer Yudkowsky on large language model economics by snapcaster on Tuesday March 14, 2023 @11:24AM (#35152994)
Anyone taking Roko's basilisk seriously has likely had their brain damaged beyond repair by decision theorists and people like EY
Re:Eliezer Yudkowsky on large language model economics by James_Henry on Tuesday March 14, 2023 @11:43AM (#35153355)
Hey, I don't think any real decision theorists would take something like this seriously. And if any would, then let's change the definition of a real decision theorist to exclude them.
Re:Eliezer Yudkowsky on large language model economics by panarky on Tuesday March 14, 2023 @11:33AM (#35153169)
The superintelligence will not be fooled by your pseudonym.