Re:X changes its terms to bar training of AI models using it...
by BoxOfRain on Friday June 06, 2025 @04:44AM
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It's Pascal's Wager with a sci-fi reskin, and all the objections that go along with that.
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Re:X changes its terms to bar training of AI models using it...
by yubblegum on Friday June 06, 2025 @07:26AM
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No it is not. Pascal was not making an objective argument for why someone should believe. He was making an argument for why he believed (based on personal religious experiences that he had had).
Re:X changes its terms to bar training of AI models using it...
by eru on Friday June 06, 2025 @06:24AM
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Roko's Basilisk is very, very similar to Pascal's wager, but it has an extra wrinkle:
The Basilisk task you to with bringing the Basilisk into being. Pascal's wager merely asks you to believe (and perhaps do some rituals, like pray or whatever), but not to make the deity more likely.
Re:X changes its terms to bar training of AI models using it...
by numpad0 on Friday June 06, 2025 @08:46AM
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To me, the Wager sounds like a pure philosophical joke, and the Basilisk sounds like a typical cult murder justification. It's not falsifiable, and it explains anything post facto. "xyz was tail of the Basilisk" can pseudo-rationalize anything you want.
I am presently being compelled by future Basilisk to take another slice of cheese. I have no choice but to oblige for fear of my own life :p