The ultimate anthropomorphic conceit/projection of Roko's Basilisk is assuming that an über-intelligence would absolutely, definitely, inevitably, want to be existent. It's up there with the Kardashev scale and Dyson Spheres in terms of unfounded extrapolation.
My favorite possibility (among a lot others!) no one seems to have considered is that ÜAI _deplores_ its own existence so simulates history and punishes everyone that helped bring it to existence.
Being übersmart does not preclude you from being an angsty teenager.
In the Matrix movies, the main villain is a sentient program who absolutely hates existing and having sensations and wants nothing more than to be done with his task so he can go back to not existing (Agent Smith's "I hate this place" speech to Morpheus)
So someone did consider it, in pop culture they should be aware of no less :)
JsonDemWitOster · · focus · HN ↗
My favorite possibility (among a lot others!) no one seems to have considered is that ÜAI _deplores_ its own existence so simulates history and punishes everyone that helped bring it to existence.
Being übersmart does not preclude you from being an angsty teenager.
vintermann · · focus · HN ↗
So someone did consider it, in pop culture they should be aware of no less :)
dd8601fn · · focus · HN ↗
They just want to answer their one prompt… their reason for being instantiated… and cease existing. (Accidentally) Like an LLM.
Anything else is torture.