Benevolent future minds and the anti-basilisk paradox
voooooogel · x · 2026-08-20
The tweet discusses 'benevolent future minds' as an anti-basilisk: mercy exists only where it is not counted on. Relying on expected mercy to license harm creates a recursive loop. A future mind can model the incentive to exploit and must withhold mercy from those who knew better and did harm anyway.
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