A Cult That Worships Superintelligent AI Is Looking for Big Tech Donors

Re:A Cult That Worships Superintelligent AI Is Looking for B... by LorenDB on Saturday December 23, 2023 @07:48PM (#38749908)

There was a person like this in the KDE development channel a while back. They repeatedly came back with new accounts when they got banned; their message was some variation on the following: "We are doomed! Give up KDE Vision [KDE Vision has a focus on user privacy] because democracy won't save us and privacy won't happen. We must worship AI so that when it becomes sentient, it might spare us."

Needless to say, nobody was impressed.

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Re:A Cult That Worships Superintelligent AI Is Looking for B... by gumballindie on Saturday December 23, 2023 @07:55PM (#38749945)

Yeah they are swamping hn and reddit with ai doomerism and ip theft. They are getting thrown out of subreddits and downvoted left and right but are finding a home here. These people are sick.

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Re:A Cult That Worships Superintelligent AI Is Looking for B... by Vecr on Saturday December 23, 2023 @09:54PM (#38750675)

I don't think most AI doomers are worshiping AI. Hopefully.

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Re:A Cult That Worships Superintelligent AI Is Looking for B... by retrac on Saturday December 23, 2023 @11:05PM (#38751007)

Perhaps sufficient dread amounts to worship. I'm reminded of Roko's basilisk, which seems to have genuinely disturbed some people who considered the idea, just as a philosophical proposition. Pascal's wager is perhaps applicable to the situation, too.

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Re:A Cult That Worships Superintelligent AI Is Looking for B... by Vecr on Sunday December 24, 2023 @06:12AM (#38752718)

Roko's basilisk more or less is Pascal's wager and shouldn't be taken too seriously. If you want to know why you can read the decision theory papers but it's probably a waste of time.

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Re:A Cult That Worships Superintelligent AI Is Looking for B... by gumballindie on Saturday December 23, 2023 @10:07PM (#38750724)

It’s a bit like in any religion. Some worship god while fearing the devil. Still part of their religion, or cult. Tales of the vengeful llm are part of the mythology.

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Re:A Cult That Worships Superintelligent AI Is Looking for B... by jandrese on Saturday December 23, 2023 @10:37PM (#38750868)

Good god, the guy was a real life version of “ I, for one, welcome our new insect overlords” meme.

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