The Most Terrifying Thought Experiment of All Time

More like: the most terrifying clickbait headline of all time.

But then, it’s Slate, so what do you expect.

Apart from assuming that superintelligence would require some new technological means, or talking about it in future tense - this is just Pascal’s Wager in disguise.

Also, if your ideology assumes some thoughts are dangerous and must not be propagated (as opposed to just not marketed widely), it generally means it’s crap.