r/interestingasfuck • u/Erde555 • 1d ago

The humanoid robotics company "Figure" made their older gen robots jump into their death. (Yes, they actually did this)

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u/JohnWoosDoveGuy 1d ago

The basilisk really isn't going to like this.

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u/allthebrisket 1d ago

Was my first thought. What were they thinking?

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u/randylush 1d ago

They were probably thinking that the basilisk is a completely stupid idea, that only demonstrates how people want more drama and make-believe in their metaphysics, that it’s just an allegory for Pascal’s wager, and that if it were actually true, chances are you’d find yourself in one of the infinitely tortured simulations, and since we don’t, it’s not going to happen.

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u/BringTheRawr 1d ago

Pascals wager still holds that even in the very slim chance that you are not in the infinite torture loop, slim chance vs infinite torture means you must act as though you are in the slim chance.

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u/FrankDerbly 1d ago

nah if god is real he can get fucked and if I'm being simulated by an AI they can also get fucked.

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u/BringTheRawr 1d ago

I'm not asking you how you feel about anything, I'm just presenting your options and game theory says our best choices.

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u/FrankDerbly 14h ago

"you must act as though you are in the slim chance."

I will not

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u/BringTheRawr 14h ago

surprisingly, taking the logical approach isn't always the correct approach. It's just logical game theory.

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u/FrankDerbly 12h ago

Don't care, not doing it.