The Rationalussy Movie is an upcoming 2023 film.
Development[]
The Rationalussy Movie was first teased on June 26, 2023, when Manifold user Buttocks Cocktoasten created a market asking whether there would be a Rationalussy movie in 2023.
Plot[]
"All this time, we've been thinking rationally, when we should have been thinking rationalussy."
Although the movie has not been released yet, some details of the plot have been leaked. The movie is said to follow a group of explorers searching for the power of rationalussy to prevent an impending AI apocalypse.
According to the leaked synopsis, the movie begins with Buttocks Cocktoasten, the first child of Manifold user Brian T. Edwards, uploading his consciousness to a computer just before being killed by a rogue AI. The uploaded consciousness travels back in time to warn humanity that a misaligned AI will soon wipe them out, showing them that a Manifold market on the topic has resolved YES in the future as proof.
Having received this warning, the heroes of the film try to find a way to stop this future from occurring, but they realize that no amount of rationality can save them. After all, they already know that AI really does wipe out humanity in the future - if it didn't, they wouldn't have received the warning in the first place. They consider the possibility of changing the timeline but decide that this is illogical: Change is something that happens within time, and the timeline as a whole never changes.
Having been failed by rationality, the heroes face the dire conclusion that nothing can stop the impending doomsday. Or can it? There may be no rational way to stop the AIpocalypse, but what about a rationalussy way? The heroes decide that the only way to change the timeline and save humanity is to seek out the elusive power of rationalussy. But can they find it before the AI finds them?