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WCDT Strips 4026-4030 (17th to 21st June 2019)
JoeCovenant:
Roko...
Roko Basilisk...
"Roko's Basilisk...???"
I did NOT know this was a thing!!
(You gotta love these Easter Eggs Jeph drops in!)
SordidEuphemism:
--- Quote from: JoeCovenant on 19 Jun 2019, 04:24 --- "Roko's Basilisk...???"
I did NOT know this was a thing!!
(You gotta love these Easter Eggs Jeph drops in!)
--- End quote ---
Yep! (I'm afraid a literal reading would cast her in a negative light.) You'll find lots of little AI, physics, or Iain M. Banks references scattered around.
BenRG:
--- Quote from: JoeCovenant on 19 Jun 2019, 04:24 ---
Roko...
Roko Basilisk...
"Roko's Basilisk...???"
I did NOT know this was a thing!!
(You gotta love these Easter Eggs Jeph drops in!)
--- End quote ---
FWIW, I think that SpookyBot would regard such an act as in bad taste and, possibly, an entirely self-indulgent waste of resources.
mvdwege:
--- Quote from: Timemaster on 18 Jun 2019, 22:46 ---
--- Quote from: shanejayell on 18 Jun 2019, 20:33 ---Wonder if they'll end up at Union Robotics? Or are they too new to be a good expert on May's body?
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I was thinking that too, first. But UR only does repairs, May needs a whole new body.
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Eh. Note that Roko's first priority is not 'new body', but 'full diagnostic'. As a repair shop, I think that Union Robotics should be capable of providing at least that.
Tova:
I remember the reference to Roko's Basilisk coming up a while ago, but I couldn't remember at all what it was about. Which was a bit surprising in itself.
So off I went to google the topic and remind myself. Then I remembered why I'd forgotten what it was about.
It was because I had never in my life (and still haven't) read anything quite so ridiculous.
Edit: More amusingly, I had the fleeting thought that this was even more stupid than The Game, and rather too similar, but couldn't quite articulate why. And then I read this from Joe's linked twitter thread.
https://twitter.com/jrishel/status/305054925371613185
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