Roko's Basilisk or Pascal's? Thinking of Singularity Thought Experiments as Implicit Religion

In 2010 a thought experiment speculating on the motivations and aims of a potential superintelligent Artificial Intelligence, sometimes known as the “Singularity," caused uproar and anxiety on the forum board where it was initially posted. This article considers that thought experiment's d...

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Main Author: Singler, Beth (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Equinox [2017]
In: Implicit religion
Year: 2017, Volume: 20, Issue: 3, Pages: 279-297
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Thought experiment / Artificial intelligence / Risk assessment / Prognosis / Pascal's wager / Society / Secularism / Atheism / Religion
Further subjects:B existential risk
B Singularity
B Atheism
B Artificial Intelligence
B UNIQUENESS (Philosophy)
B Religion
B Technological innovations
B Roko's Basilisk
B anthropology of AI
B thought experiments
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