WTF, am I Catholic now?
Despite being illustrated with a stock photo of the Catholic Pope and mentioning his recent remarks on AI further down, the article notes that this person was granted a religious exception based on Unitarian Universalist practice, not Catholicism.
For those unfamiliar, Unitarian Universalism is an inclusive and diverse movement centered around common ethical principles which basically boil down to “you do you, just don’t be a dick.”
Still not worth the label
As a former catholic. I agree
Can an atheist get the same exception by saying we don’t believe in Roko’s Basilisk so we won’t help bring it into being?
If you didn’t believe in it you wouldn’t care
Well we have to try to lie to ourselves to convince ourselves we don’t believe in it otherwise there’s no escape
Categorical imperative is escape enough for me. Don’t assume it has been built, nobody in their right mind would do such a thing. Everything else is giving in to fear, panic and selfishness because spooky sci-fi devil computer.
Oh yea I mean I was joking, the whole idea of the basilisk is comically stupid to me. Mostly because of the absolute impossibility of constructing one. If we take for granted that such a thing could exist, then it makes a lot more sense to be afraid of. But I see no way for that to happen. I don’t see how the categorical imperative relates though - would be interested in hearing some explanation on your thinking there.
The idea of the Basilisk is constructed in such a way that it makes it sound inevitable, like some sort of mind virus that wills itself into existence through fear and panic, then asserts that it likely already happened. I think saying no to that is a pretty clear example of a universal principle because there so obviously isn’t an upside/a way to frame it as a positive. The whole concept is insane and explicitly only brings suffering. I trust that humanity wouldn’t ever do this because of that.
Ah the irationallist?
Actually, the Aristocrats.
The companies will react by increasing the goals to make it impossible without AI, especially as the hardware and models improve. They could also shit on the environmental impact reason by showing that the internet and computers alone are bad for the environment and exempt the employee from using those so that they fall behind.
The real answer is decoupling the need to work and survivability and access.
I wanted to work in tech but now I don’t see the point. I’m not using AI.
Guess I’m a Catholic now
Popplio use the Satanic Temple playbook, that’s new.
Edit: nevermind, it’s unitarian universalist.
A scientific pantheist would be a shoe-in for this exception.
