Some people mocked this as "completely fucking asinine", while others realized the implications ("Roko's basilisk, and it's not completely fucking asinine, it's spooky scary"). 2/2 #rationalism #MoreRight #RokosBasilisk

Sometimes people ask just what is "acausal" about the inevitable robot god who is coming and who is right now speaking to you. The smartest people who have ever existed hypothesized a version of decision theory ("timeless decision theory") where having smart enough agents meant that future actions can influence past actions, essentially, violating causality. 1/2 #rationalism #MoreRight #RokosBasilisk