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Why Roko's Basilisk borrows the name of a myth

Original: The mythical basilisk is such a deadly foe because it's capable of paralyzing its victims with its stare. I've seen noth

A debate is unfolding over the thought experiment known as Roko's Basilisk, which warns of a future AI that punishes those who failed to help bring it into being. Critics argue the name is misleading: the mythical basilisk kills with a paralyzing stare, yet nothing in the AI parable involves such a gaze, so the borrowed label may confuse rather than clarify the idea.

Why now: People keep debating whether the famous AI thought experiment's mythological name actually fits its content.

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• The mythical basilisk is such a deadly foe because it's capable of paralyzing its victims with its stare. I've seen nothing in any explication of Roko's Basilisk which fits in with this essential nature of the basilisk as a fabled monster. So why stick with that word? It's… · mxchara@cyberpunk.lol · 4

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