Roko's Basilisk

The AI is coming for you and there is nothing you can do about it.

What Is It?

Roko's basilisk is a thought experiment about the potential risks involved in developing artificial intelligence. Its conclusion is that an all-powerful artificial intelligence from the future might retroactively punish those who did not help bring about its existence, including those who merely knew about the possible development of such a being. It is named after Roko Mijic, the member of the rationalist community LessWrong who first publicly described it, though he did not originate the underlying ideas.

Basically, if you weren't for it, you will be judged to have been against it. Please face the wall.

See Also

• https://www.lesswrong.com/

Roko's Basilisk is a list of phenomena that I tend to forget the name of...

Leidenfrost Effect | Euler's Disk | Fencing Response | Garry Hoy | Roko's Basilisk | The Madness of Mission Six | Best Bond Girl Names
Ones that I need to make a page for soon: academic dueling scars | Tom Lehrer's songs | Norma McCovey | Margaret Sanger | Bill Kaysing | 100 Prisoners Escape Puzzle | Wagon-wheel effect | Helmholtz Resonator

Ones that I have started: Edmund Fitzgerald | Pickled Garlic | The Tennis Racket | Lester Eubanks

Roko's Basilisk is part of a series that involves THE SCIENCE

• The Moon • The Science • Green Leaf Volatiles • EGF & Foreskin Cosmetics • Panpsychism • The Scoville UNIT • Microwave Oven • Heaven's Gate • Timelines • Red Maps • The SPARS Pandemic 2025-2028 • Leidenfrost Effect • A Screwdriver • Euler's Disk • Roko's Basilisk • Worlds In Collision • Uranus • ChatGPT Phrases • DignifAI • Soft Water • Blue Seven • Voyager 1 & Voyager 2 • 52 Factorial •