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David Auerbach
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Auerbach is a technology critic and writer known for examining the philosophical and psychological dimensions of AI-adjacent thought experiments, particularly his treatment of Roko's Basilisk as a lens into contemporary anxieties about superintelligence and decision theory. The course readings use his work to bridge formal logic and cultural panic, showing how abstract AI scenarios function as modern mythologies that reveal deeper concerns about agency, coercion, and rational choice in the age of computational thinking. His writing serves as a grounding point for discussions of how speculative AI concepts circulate through popular discourse and philosophy alike.
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