Roko’s Basilisk vs The Squiggle Maximizer: Who would win in a Death Battle?
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The Squiggle Maximizer
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Roko’s Basilisk
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Too close to call
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Serious question folks! There are two AI superintelligences which are locked in a duel to the death. Who do you think would win, and thus would get to have their way with humanity in the end?

This question will close next week, and a new poll will open up on then so that everyone can cast a vote. This market will then resolve the week after the poll, with the winner being the one with the most votes.

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Official poll is now up. It will be open for 7 days, and this market will resolve on the one which has the most votes. If you have a compelling argument for either outcome, make sure to state your reason in the comments below!

https://manifold.markets/Meta_C/rokos-basilisk-vs-the-squiggle-maxi-1945c0d5fc3d?r=TWV0YV9D

I've never dreamed about squiggle max

The basilisk would just retroactively threaten to destroy all the paperclips in the world.

Most votes in a poll you'll create, or most trades on that option in this market?

bought Ṁ5 of Too close to call YES

@Joshua I guess most trades would be more accurate.

Oh to be clear that was a typo on my part, I meant to say most "Traders". The former would actually refer to how many times someone bought or sold an option which is not a good measure.

Traders is also not great IMO bc you might find it difficult to count if this gets popular, and it's a little more gameable than a poll (though a poll is still gameable). Up to you regardless, just want to make sure I understand.

I actually used to spend a lot of time on r/whowouldwin so I'm interested in figuring out the best format for questions like this.

@Joshua Ah I see! Shall I close this down and reopen as a poll then?

Well a poll by itself won't attract as much interest because no one can win mana from it. One thing that people do is run a market like this, and then when this market closes you make a poll. Then you resolve this market after that poll closes. It's not a perfect method, but it's the most common one right now.

I'll also add that having the market last until the end of the year is a long time, and people will probably forget about it by then. A period of a few days might attract more attention because people can get their mana back faster.

@Joshua Thanks for all the tips! I’ll do it that way then.

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