WARNING: Memetic hazard.http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/bitwise/2014/07/roko_s_basilisk_the_most_terrifying_thought_experiment_of_all_time.html?wpisrc=obnetworkIs there anything we should do?
Expounding at length on dust specks vs torture, shut up and multiply and "taking ideas seriously" is likely to make people look askance at you, even if you also add "... but don't do anything weird, OK?" on the end.
WARNING: Memetic hazard.
http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/bitwise/2014/07/roko_s_basilisk_the_most_terrifying_thought_experiment_of_all_time.html?wpisrc=obnetwork
Is there anything we should do?