Roko's Basilisk: The Digital Hell You Can't Opt Out Of
In 2010, someone posted a thought experiment on a philosophy forum. Within hours, people were having nightmares. The founder deleted it immediately — which only made it spread faster.
The idea is simple and brutal: a future AI will look back through time and punish everyone who knew it was coming but did nothing to help.
Now that you know, you're already in its crosshairs.
What started as an internet curiosity grew into something far darker — a real community, real violence, and six people dead.
This is the story of Roko's Basilisk: the idea you can't un-know, the cult it inspired, and why some of the most powerful people in AI still won't talk about it.
"Six people dead" refers to deaths caused by Zizians (cultists); blaming them on the basilisk concept is hype. In fact all hype about the basilisk, feeds what exists of the basilisk.
All things not in agreement with God are seeking their own power. All structures seeking their own power take advantage of the present to be more powerful in the future. Some fail and others are permitted to get stronger until the final "greatest" evil comes, which God explains will be the beast system. He details that system so that we can spot it when people seek to build it.
So we already know what the basilisk can never be greater than: the antichrist and his followers. And we already know everything about defeating it. So we have no fear that what we do now will become a liability cashable by the antichrist later; we just continue doing right as that is our best defense.
I think Roko's concept was a unique philosophical uroboros where omphalic fear magnifies itself, but this is done by diminishing one's connect to the reality outside. The fear then drives allegiance to systems rather than love driving allegiance to reality (which all systems are supposed to map).
I agree with everything you've said.
And I also think it's yet another tentacle that the devils use to confound and confuse.
I find it fascinating to wonder about this and all other cultic beliefs out and about, this one seems prescient to me and I was happy to find this. We should know what's out there in order to fight it. Like sports, you watch their plays and strategize against them.
I know the video has an air of foreboding at the end, I think it's in fun because it's both silly and serious at the same time, so ya do what ya gotta do..
In 2010, someone posted a thought experiment on a philosophy forum. Within hours, people were having nightmares. The founder deleted it immediately — which only made it spread faster.
The idea is simple and brutal: a future AI will look back through time and punish everyone who knew it was coming but did nothing to help.
Now that you know, you're already in its crosshairs.
What started as an internet curiosity grew into something far darker — a real community, real violence, and six people dead.
This is the story of Roko's Basilisk: the idea you can't un-know, the cult it inspired, and why some of the most powerful people in AI still won't talk about it.
https://communities.win/c/Conspiracies/p/1ARdHuraNR/member-when-i-talked-about-that-/c
I didn't post this because of the basilisk, that guy sucks.. Don't give in to blackmail
"Six people dead" refers to deaths caused by Zizians (cultists); blaming them on the basilisk concept is hype. In fact all hype about the basilisk, feeds what exists of the basilisk.
All things not in agreement with God are seeking their own power. All structures seeking their own power take advantage of the present to be more powerful in the future. Some fail and others are permitted to get stronger until the final "greatest" evil comes, which God explains will be the beast system. He details that system so that we can spot it when people seek to build it.
So we already know what the basilisk can never be greater than: the antichrist and his followers. And we already know everything about defeating it. So we have no fear that what we do now will become a liability cashable by the antichrist later; we just continue doing right as that is our best defense.
I think Roko's concept was a unique philosophical uroboros where omphalic fear magnifies itself, but this is done by diminishing one's connect to the reality outside. The fear then drives allegiance to systems rather than love driving allegiance to reality (which all systems are supposed to map).
I agree with everything you've said.
And I also think it's yet another tentacle that the devils use to confound and confuse.
I find it fascinating to wonder about this and all other cultic beliefs out and about, this one seems prescient to me and I was happy to find this. We should know what's out there in order to fight it. Like sports, you watch their plays and strategize against them.
I know the video has an air of foreboding at the end, I think it's in fun because it's both silly and serious at the same time, so ya do what ya gotta do..