UltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml to Memes@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 day agoHow screwed are you?lemmy.mlexternal-linkmessage-square54fedilinkarrow-up1254arrow-down14file-textcross-posted to: memes@lemmy.world
arrow-up1250arrow-down1external-linkHow screwed are you?lemmy.mlUltraGiGaGigantic@lemmy.ml to Memes@lemmy.mlEnglish · 1 day agomessage-square54fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: memes@lemmy.world
minus-squareumbrella@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up2·edit-22 hours agoi never really “got” Rocko’s Basilisk. why would it want to kill you for not building it in the first place?
minus-squaredwemthy@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·4 hours agoBecause the people who came up with it assume it would have the same ego as them. It’s also just Pascal’s wager in a robot costume.
minus-squareCarbonBasedNPU@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·4 hours agoRoko’s Basilisk pisses me off so much. It takes very little actual thought to see what it fails as a premise.
i never really “got” Rocko’s Basilisk. why would it want to kill you for not building it in the first place?
Because the people who came up with it assume it would have the same ego as them.
It’s also just Pascal’s wager in a robot costume.
Roko’s Basilisk pisses me off so much.
It takes very little actual thought to see what it fails as a premise.