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Re:The Singularity Will Occur on a Tuesday by Negitivefrags on Tuesday February 10, 2026 @01:41PM (#46964747)
> If the singularity does happen, then it hardly matters what people do or don't believe.

Depends on how you feel about Roko's basilisk.

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Re:The Singularity Will Occur on a Tuesday by VonTum on Tuesday February 10, 2026 @02:11PM (#46965212)
God Roko's Basilisk is the most boring AI risk to catch the public consciousness. It's just Pascal's wager all over again, with the exact same rebuttal.
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Re:The Singularity Will Occur on a Tuesday by camgunz on Tuesday February 10, 2026 @03:18PM (#46966219)
The culture that brought you "speedrunning computer science with JavaScript" and "speedrunning exploitative, extractive capitalism" is back with their new banger "speedrunning philosophy". Nuke it from orbit; save humanity.
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