By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 16/04/2026Several times at our events, he insisted that the existence of this *possibility* made it wildly irresponsible *not* to take measures to mitigate this risk. Though I didn't say so at the time, this struck me as an AI-inflected version of Pascal's wager: 18/ 1621
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 16/04/2026> A rational person should adopt a lifestyle consistent with the existence of God and should strive to believe in God... if God does not exist, the believer incurs only finite losses, potentially sacrificing certain pleasures and luxuries... 19/ 2410
By Cory Doctorow (GPG 0xBF3D9110957E5F4C) @doctorow.pluralistic.net · 16/04/2026> ...if God does exist, the believer stands to gain immeasurably, as represented for example by an eternity in Heaven in Abrahamic tradition, while simultaneously avoiding boundless losses associated with an eternity in Hell. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pascal%... 20/en.wikipedia.orgPascal's wager - Wikipedia 2380
Sergei Alderman: NERD @sergeialderman.bsky.social · 10/07/2026Huh, I never really thought about it like this, but Pascal's "God" sounds exactly like Roko's basilisk (and equally a scam) 000