Tag: Artificial Intelligence

Descarte’s malicious demon, then Laplace’s demon, now Roko’s basilisk. Humans have a history of giving monstrous names to theoretical technology. The first monster here was dreamt up by Rene Descartes, famous French enlightenment philosopher, came up with the theory of an illusion that takes over all senses. This demon-created mirage, would be indistinguishable from reality…