It wouldn't make any sense for it to do this if you didn't *know* about it -- you can't control people with a "threat" they've never heard -- but now that Roko has told you about this idea, now the threat has been made, and now if you don't obey you will go to Hell
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Replying to @arthur_affect @merrickdeville and
(It's called a "Basilisk" because it's like the legendary monster -- like in Harry Potter -- where as soon as you see it you're cursed to turn to stone)
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Replying to @arthur_affect @merrickdeville and
It's really fucked up and it's exactly identical to abusive Christian preachers scamming their congregation The thing about it is that it's only scary if you're embedded in the cult and surrounded by an environment where the ideas are normalized
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Replying to @arthur_affect @merrickdeville and
@dgerard is one of the people who found out about this and was like "This shit has to be outed publicly, both because it's horrifyingly abusive and because it's fucking hilarious" It went viral on Slate in 2012 and made them look like freaks in front of all the normies1 reply 1 retweet 18 likes -
Replying to @arthur_affect @merrickdeville and
And it's like I'm saying -- at this point it's just a dumb in-joke, but the "Roko's Basilisk" thing is just so fucked up and weird and obviously abusive it discredits them It doesn't have anything to do with their "arguments" but it shows the kind of people they are
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Replying to @arthur_affect @merrickdeville and
And the people making Roko's Basilisk memes are doing God's work because shocking as it is these guys have a surprising amount of influence in Silicon Valley Their charities are regular top earners among the tech sector, tons of Big Tech CEOs are fans and regular readers, etc
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ugh i hate twitter, change usernames and the notifications go to wrong account lol It's been so confusing! (not directed at any of you! great thread arthur)
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Replying to @ArsonAtDennys @merrickdeville and
Btw its the reason Grimes/Musk happened so you can blame
@ESYudkowsky and co for that crime against humanity as well (this is not a literal statement Yudkowsky chill pls)1 reply 0 retweets 6 likes -
Replying to @ArsonAtDennys @notscottsiskind and
Musk/Grimes is my fault for publicising Roko's basilisk
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To be honest I feel like Musk/Grimes was the real beginning of Musk's downfall, and thus causing it a heroic act
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Replying to @arthur_affect @davidgerard and
I'm sure he'll convince himself that the basilisk will be constructed on Mars out of spare Tesla parts
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Replying to @veronicastraszh @arthur_affect and
figure 1: Rococo Basilisk this is how i will always picture the Basilisk because, as you know, AIs are gendered female (though Rococo would need a bob cut too)pic.twitter.com/VYTJzuMnhY
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