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EPISODE · Feb 16, 2020 · 31 MIN

25 | Roko's Basilisk

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We have a wacky one for you today! Roko's Basilisk, a thought experiment grounded in decision theory, suggests that a future AI could be incentivized to punish most of humanity for not helping bring it into existence.

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