Interesting Links for 26-11-2017
A nice look at "Roko's Basilisk" and whether you should be worried that a future AI will raise you from the dead to torture you forever
And some more information about the idea's origins, and the misunderstandings around it.
https://www.lesserwrong.com/posts/WBJZoeJypcNRmsdHx/a-few-misconceptions-surrounding-roko-s-basilisk
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(tags: AI thefuture ) Ireland has punctured Brexiteers’ wishful thinking (tags: Ireland UK europe ) The Uncertain Future of Bitcoin Futures (tags: economics finance bitcoin ) Dark Souls Gets Loot Boxes (tags: satire games video money ) Doctor Who theme's co-creator honoured with posthumous PhD (tags: music history drwho ) Stop being such a dick about Temple of Love, Andrew Eldritch told (tags: music goth funny ) Russian Miner Spends His Breaks Taking Photos Of Foxes In The Arctic Circle (tags: russia foxes cute ) What’s the most annoying question to ask a nun (in 1967) (tags: religion women anger ) Everything is better with explosions (tags: explosions funnny ) One in two people will get a cancer diagnosis. Yet our treatment still focuses on the disease, not the person’s specific needs (tags: cancer disease healthcare society ) Quantum Theory Rebuilt From Simple Physical Principles (tags: quantum physics ) How the sandwich consumed Britain - and freed us from society itself (tags: food uk ) In honor of Thomas Friedman’s latest love letter to Saudi here is 70 years of the NY Times describing Saudi royals in the language of reform (tags: reform saudiarabia ) Young man with Asperger's dumped by B&M after 15 hours of free work as campaigners demand end to 'trial' shifts I don't object to trial shifts. I do object to them being for free! If you're working, you should be paid.
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