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S2E4 - The Information Hazard
Cult or Just Weird
English - May 12, 2020 04:01 - 2 hours - 131 MB - ★★★★★ - 83 ratingsSociety & Culture Comedy comedy cult learning truecrime Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
If you look, it's already too late.
Chris & Kayla talk about a topic that some believe is dangerous merely by knowing about it.
Content Warning: existential dread
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*Search Categories*
Anthropological; Internet culture; Destructive
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*Topic Spoiler*
Roko's Basilisk
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*Further Reading*
https://www.nickbostrom.com/information-hazards.pdf
https://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Roko's_basilisk
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Game_(mind_game)
https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Roko%27s_basilisk#
https://www.lastwordonnothing.com/2018/04/24/whos-afraid-of-rokos-basilisk/
https://orbitermag.com/sinners-in-the-hands-of-an-angry-artificial-intelligence/
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*Patreon Credits*
initiates: Michaela Evans
cultists: Rebecca Kirsch, Pam Westergard, Alyssa Ottum, Ryan Quinn, Paul Sweeney, Erin Bratu, Liz T
If you look, it's already too late.
Chris & Kayla talk about a topic that some believe is dangerous merely by knowing about it.
Content Warning: existential dread
---
*Search Categories*
Anthropological; Internet culture; Destructive
---
*Topic Spoiler*
Roko's Basilisk
---
*Further Reading*
https://www.nickbostrom.com/information-hazards.pdf
https://wiki.lesswrong.com/wiki/Roko's_basilisk
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Game_(mind_game)
https://rationalwiki.org/wiki/Roko%27s_basilisk#
https://www.lastwordonnothing.com/2018/04/24/whos-afraid-of-rokos-basilisk/
https://orbitermag.com/sinners-in-the-hands-of-an-angry-artificial-intelligence/
---
*Patreon Credits*
initiates: Michaela Evans
cultists: Rebecca Kirsch, Pam Westergard, Alyssa Ottum, Ryan Quinn, Paul Sweeney, Erin Bratu, Liz T