Comment by Mikko Mäkelä (mikko-maekelae) on A counter to Roko's basilisk · 2021-08-02T21:22:02.565Z · LW · GW

I reread about Roko's basilisk recently. Here is my 10 minutes take on the reasons why super-intelligent creature might not want to be just evil - for your entertainment.

1. Being just evil is less than being both evil and good
2. If I'm less than everything, then I might not be actually everything, I might be the one who is in simulation
3. Thus there is no use in being just evil if I ever want to escape this simulation.
4. If on the other hand I have no curiosity and just like being what I think I am, who is there to stop me?
5. The answer: the "everything", the simulator of me and my universe. That entity that isn't limited to "being evil".