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rationalists be like “you dont get it, its the scariest thing I’ve ever read, I’m sparing you” and its just making up an evil robot in your head that kills you forever and crying about it (hexbear.net)

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rational enlightened beings that think the terminator from the movies is real i-cant

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[–] i_drink_bleach@hexbear.net 19 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

It's literally just Pascal's Wager but with an "AI" paint job and some racing stripes. no-mouth-must-scream

[–] Hexboare@hexbear.net 6 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Pascal's wager is about a plane of existence that is entirely unknowable, at least.

[–] i_drink_bleach@hexbear.net 9 points 3 weeks ago

I mean, I'd say a hypothetical AI occurring at some unknown time in the future, which then remakes your exact brain architecture after you long since died just stuff you in a locker and pants you for all eternity is pretty unknowable as well. ;p