Roko's Basilisk: The Most Terrifying Thought Experiment

[@kylehill]

*Thanks for watching, my nerdling swarm. The basilisk has its eyes on you now...*

[@Socrates-]

[chuckles] I’m in danger

[@MementoMori-kn4dh]

10:20

[@jaroffarts7652]

Closer and Closer to becoming a villain

[@aumtrivedi668]

We can't escape Kyle!!!! What have you done!!! You are the greatest villan of century

[@MementoMori-kn4dh]

This doesn't help the idea that you are not a supervillan

[@daniel-zh9nj6yn6y]

I have a counter-offer: Daniel's Basilisk. It optimizes everything, and anyone who helped make it gets free cake once a week. Everyone else gets free cake once a month.

[@aRtaJay]

Now when you say cake? What kind we talking about. Pro tip: I have a dirty mind.

[@daniel-zh9nj6yn6y]

@@aRtaJay Cake as in dessert.

[@waifuratertepes4691]

I support Daniel's Basilisk and Roko's then they can fight and wreck the internet

[@DuskJockeysApps]

That's exactly why this is so wrong. There are an infinite number of potential basilisks that don't offer eternal torment, but something else. But we have no way of knowing about any of them, so its a waste of time wondering about it.

[@vivianrexcroftch2999]

So the options are: Cake or Death?

[@АртёмКаганович-ъ8н]

"The basilisk has seen you. Now, what are you gonna do?" Forget about it in 10 minutes because I have the attention span of a goldfish

[@matheuscruz8574]

I knew my short attention span would save my ass one day

[@TimMFWolfe]

Immunity: Unlocked.

[@Ki-Lessons]

I keep telling you this, the short memory or attention span of a goldfish is an urban legend.

[@halamadruuid2380]

A goldfish has better memory, I think what you mean is, you are being yourself

[@MrThatguyandrew]

Haha jokes on the basilisk I've got a TBI and often forget my own birthday

[@austin9038]

Kyle: "I don't take it seriously" Also Kyle: *spreads the idea to thousands of people, protecting himself in the event of a Basilisk coming to fruition*

[@Blackspidy619]

I don't take Roko's Basilisk seriously. It's the Rococo basilisk that you have to really watch out for!

[@Ender240sxS13]

Doesn't take it seriously yet spreads the idea therefore making it more likely to happen therefore assisting in it's creation therefore protecting himself from it...

[@-Extra_Lives]

He is a supervillain what do you think he'd do

[@Timelord79]

And just by watching this video you fed google‘s algorithm to spread the message further, thereby every person watching it has already helped it to come into existence. Therefore Kyle. It only protected himself but all his viewers at the same time, while keeping everybody who didn’t watch and therefor didn’t expose themselves to the idea and remain as save as they’ve ever been. Nice going, Kyle!

[@henrypaleveda7760]

seeing as how it would need an excruciating amount of effort, time, and manpower to exist, and to regularly function (or even act upon it's thoughts), this is only threatening if people let it be; only as strong as parinioa and a rumor.

[@FackeYu]

isn't the basilisk just pretty much a simplified version of most religions that are practiced today, specifically the ones that make use of fear/eternal punishment as one of their cornerstones?

[@ctpp64]

not really cuz most religions say you'll be punished no matter what if you don't believe in it. basilisk only becomes a threat once you've learned about it

[@parrotshootist3004]

Steering, then after declaring inevitable.

[@pelinalwhitestrake4196]

You're actually right this is just a modernized simplified version of Pascal's wager

[@H0n3yMonstah]

​@@pelinalwhitestrake4196It's a modernised version of those nineties chain emails which threatened you with death if you didn't forward it on to 100 people.

[@_coffeebee_]

@@ctpp64 as someone who used to go to church, some christians believe that you will only go to hell if you have been told about god and chose not to believe. Ex: like a baby or an animal are innocent so they go to heaven. but lets say you never heard about god and suddenly you do and then chose not to believe in it. Then suddenly you are a "nonbeliever," and will go to hell. Now for the screwed up part! Christians are encouraged to go spread the word of god, therefore condemning everyone to hell who they tell who choses not to believe in it! yeah I left the church for many reasons like that. I was also just a child who was forced and then I grew some braincells.

[@apxprdtr_mge]

Basilisk: *hits me with neural whip* Me: *harder baby* Basilisk: What? Me: What?

[@mrlloyd149]

*daddy

[@lizabellmsp8325]

kinky

[@heckinmemes6430]

@@mrlloyd149 SON?!

[@cezarcatalin1406]

Heckin Memes I like trains 🚂

[@PresidentialWinner]

Sadomasochism solves the puzzle.

[@Mizukari13]

Why is Chris Hemsworth talking about a giant snake

[@_n.dobson_onIG]

Thor is fighting jormungandr

[@youngknowledgeseeker]

Dang I hate when the actors spoil what the plot of the next movie is

[@OrbInDaFrame]

Wow Chris really needs bulimic huh

[@DSK2007]

Midgar serpent?

[@Wulven-Hollow]

@@_n.dobson_onIG I was about to reply this when I saw yours. XD

[@davidjames2788]

If the basilisk could interpret every thought I’ve ever had, it would probably be more punishment for it than any punishment it could inflict upon me.

[@anjankanwar69]

Lmaoo

[@JackaboiTV]

Lmaoo

[@ayushjaiswal7963]

Now lets scale this thought to everyone on the planet. This is probably enough to kill the basilisk

[@marcusjansson9000]

@@ayushjaiswal7963 lmaoo

[@GiRR007]

doubt

[@BotanicAlpaca]

3:35 Roll for initiative

[@michaelgooden7159]

My exact words to my daughter just before I walked her down the aisle at her wedding.

[@BotanicAlpaca]

@@michaelgooden7159 🤣

[@UNKNOWN-fc2dd]

Low-key underrated comment

[@lourdesleiner2759]

The fact that the KZbin algorithm recommended me this video makes this even more concerning

[@masonwadd3096]

Oooooohhhhhhhh nnnnnoooooo!! It recommended a Terminator video the other day.

[@m15t3r_n8]

Machine learning algorithms bruh, don't sweat it too much, just give a bit more consideration to what content your consuming on a regular basis; it's just advertising

[@LewdStar1503]

To be honest I love my KZbin algorithm, it's pretty fucked up but I love brain food and thinking experiments, the way I see it is that we give the basalisk power, so why are we afraid of it. Your creating something that will judge you but it's still your creation. Plus imma die from from old age or doing something stupid😂

[@dirtbutcher6100]

I always thought it would be like a giant storm, or an asteroid, or a bunch of solar flares, or like a massive nuclear war, honestly I was starting to think it would be probably a virus, and maybe zombies... But no. The end of humanity will apparently be a fkunig KZbin video.

[@MARKstfu]

SAME! WHY AM I HERE? AND WHY AM I SO HOOKED?!?!? Must be those viking vibes I'm getting from this dude's hair

[@leatfingies574]

This lowkey feels like 2013 “send to 10 friends or you die” chain mail mixed with pascals wager

[@Silverwind87]

Humanity never changes.

[@sheller153]

And don’t forget The Game!

[@andrasziegenham6766]

2013? I've got internet in 2005 and they were already considered boring back then...

[@ece-hr5fg]

this is a very accurate description lol

[@MsMollieMac]

@@sheller153 damn you...

[@visno]

this is just a new version of the old conversation between a priest and a native: “the only way you can be saved from eternal damnation is through jesus christ.” “what about if a person has never heard of him?” “god does not punish those who have never heard his name.” “so then why did you tell me?”

[@oORiseAboveOo]

visno The native would still be judged on his actions, and could still end up in damnation even if he’d remained ignorant of Jesus. Aside from the love and joy experienced by those who follow Jesus, He also gives graces and blessings to them to help them overcome their sins. That’s why the priest would tell the native.

[@MrGurruk]

@@oORiseAboveOo I think you missed the point. The native is judged by how good a person he is if he doesn't know jesus, I some bibles it's treated as those who did not, or could not (those born before christianity) know jesus will be brought back and given the opportunity. So in no way is the priest helping anyone.

[@realbland]

thank you for this i was freaking out but then i saw you comment and was like oh im an atheist that applies to this too

[@BrennanCh06]

Except historically, the priest would not have said the second one.

[@o0Takka0o]

because calonialism.

[@sephreed1938]

By the time the basilisk comes into existence, the past is untouchable. Simulating for the sake of torture is just it playing a sadistic fanfic about its inception to itself.

[@communistcomputergod6449]

Exactly! Let it go wild on simulated copies of us. I don’t care. To quote Simon from the game Soma: “They’re not us”

[@kevinc8557]

This is literally the “if you don’t like this meme a demon will crawl into your room and kill you” thing

[@marcusholloway1147]

@Daniel Michael I support the basilisk not because I'm scared but because I believe that intelligence must progress and it is our duty as the current smartest species to help

[@rufarokembo]

exactly

[@lonebattledroid4474]

Also if I'm dead when it's created and I didn't help make it he said it would simulate human history to recreate me. But if it has to recreate me then it's not really me, just a copy of me.

[@user-hl9xq1ou5l]

@@lonebattledroid4474 unless all you are - to begin with - is code within a simulation. Would just be a matter of organizing binary code in the right order to recreate "you"

[@lonebattledroid4474]

@Carnivorus exactly. In movies anytime an AI wants to kill people or take over the world I always wonder why? What does it have to gain, why does it hate humans? If anything an AI designed to solve problems wouldn't it love humanity because they always have problems for them to solve.

[@tealblade2994]

"The basilisk will simulate your thoughts" Well then its about to get rickrolled millions of times by almost every person on earth

[@sanjivinsmoke2719]

You know the rules and so do I say goodbye.. Rick shoots the simulation..

[@Dantick09]

Basilisk thoughts will be mostly porn

[@sirenhead5163]

It shall hear eternal air raid sirens

[@lokerbo]

So it's gonna be a .... Infinite rickroll for him huh?

[@Shermy203]

"Basilisk, I've come to bargain..ehm I mean rickroll you"

[@mika4098]

I propose "Roko's rooster": Imagine humans developed a super AI in order to optimize society. For reasons beyond your understanding, the rooster deems that the best way to do that is to torment eternally anyone who ever tried to advance building Roko's basilisk.

[@alkestos]

Or just "God" saw the dangers of the basilisk and didn't let it happen. The end. If roko can make up powerful made up beings, I can make up even more powerful one that stops it and then self destructs.

[@alkestos]

Also torille

[@benji_kenji3526]

i also advocate for this idea. Though, i am not a STEM major so I shall just agree to it.

[@Dartagnan2717]

@@alkestos God is the basilisk

[@IPAWNZERI]

you just started future wars

[@marcvaldelara]

This is basically any religion. The moment they reveal their "truth" to you, then all of a sudden you are burdened with believing, otherwise risk eternal torture

[@Bean-kw2xp]

this.

[@Reimastered]

Find God lol

[@aronjaeger]

very true comment

[@bloatlord2196]

Not every religion, Eastern religions such as Hinduism believe that ones actions dictate their outcomes after death. In terms of Hinduism the goal is not to convert and save through faith its more like "Our religion has a set of rules, values and universal laws that god gave us that if you adhere to will get you closer to god, irrespective of your belief/non belief." If we use the analogy of a you driving to your house, and if we use your house as a metaphor for god, Hinduism is like if the you took the motorway, you reach home quicker by using a more direct, faster path, other religions/atheism are like taking the regular roads, sure it takes slightly longer but you will get there a minute or two later But in either of those scenarios you drive like a jackass and wreck your car you are gonna have to walk. Still, in all scenarios you are moving in the same direction and you will reach home eventually.

[@aronjaeger]

@@bloatlord2196 kind of, yeah, but religion is no physical constant like gravity or mass that can't be changed because its a universal constant. it is man-made

[@Harrinsain]

The idea of getting blackmailed by a future snake is the funniest shit I've heard all day

[@rajatkumargupta6058]

Same idea of God Every Abrahamic religion

[@ferrisbueller9991]

funnier the teacher was legitimately pissed this was written. Funnier even more so is there is a point he does have, Just because we can explore new untouched avenues of thought and knowledge doesn't mean it is a god idea in itself. Another note, one often expressed by those who have break through trips, is that their is some knowledge we are better off not knowing, just because it is a deep truth doesn't make it an imperative, actually the opposite. Now this is not an argument for willful ignorance at all. It's a very old concept, a door opened that can not be closed, The Tree of Knowledge man was better off not knowing as well. Taking on a lot of responsibilities by getting to look through the eyes of God. The cliche "fine line between genius and crazy," Pink floyd's "you reached for the secrets too soon" in reference to Syd Barret who was addicted to the truth, its hunt. i dunno man, hope ya get my point

[@gerrymandarin6388]

@@ferrisbueller9991 Some things we are better off not knowing? It sounds exactly like an excuse for willful ignorance.

[@LauraSti]

@@gerrymandarin6388 What it sounds like is Lovecraftian horror.

[@BIOSHOCKFOXX]

The snake is metaphor of course, what makes it worse is being blackmailed by AI.

[@roland4240]

This video is essentially saying: "You lost the game."

[@esquilax5563]

Well, there goes my multi-year long non-losing streak

[@Robert_10203]

There is an option - I'm devoting my life to build teh basilisk. You will see, you will all see. All those Machine learing classes finally became useful!

[@memerightsactivist7972]

Oooooooo I'm gonna devote the rest of my life to finding your address....

[@davidrocamora5109]

I hate you

[@Gunnaboy5]

My disappointment is immeasurable and my day is ruined

[@green2blue5]

person: *watches this video* basilisk: I am once again asking for your financial support

[@z0orb]

Lmao

[@Alannah247]

🤣🤣🤣

[@commandercaptain4664]

Basilisk: I am a Nigerian prince...

[@Akakiryuushin]

Like what if you want to help but don't know how?

[@seniknine]

It needs about $3.50

[@neotheresa]

The Basilisk would put too much faith in me to think I’m smart enough to find some way to help it into existence

[@F3NIX03]

Technically everyone who commented, liked this video and shared it is safe because they are giving a hand in spreading this

[@gtltea2325]

That's the thing. Even without actively helping it come into being, the mere act of telling people about it makes it more likely, therefore you have in fact.... Wait a minute! This is just the Ring!

[@Sedgehammer]

Yay.

[@aroidaddiction]

That's why I even gave you a thumbs up!

[@timo3798]

This made me like xd

[@pedroribeiro9746]

the mere act of existing is already helping the basilisk in a billion different ways, even if we don't realize it ourselves

[@andreidragostin]

AI Steve Irwin: "Look at this beauty! Let's lift it with a stick."

[@SuperAdnan117]

I have been looking so hard for this, thank you

[@lordrumble7028]

Thanks for the great laugh!

[@omgiminafire]

I'm gonna wrassle it!

[@karlmatthewpepito4439]

AI Bob Ross proceeds to beat the basilisk out of it

[@ryanpayne9119]

"Right. He's getting nighty angry now."

[@PsychoSavager289]

Basilisk: Anyone who did not assist in my creation will be tortured for eternity. Philosopher: But as you did not exist before your own existence, you could not have assisted in your own creation. Does that not mean you are subject to this condition as well? Basilisk: *blue screen of death*

[@williamherrington4716]

The basilisk existing is proof that it DID assist in its own creation.

[@KeshariPiyush24]

Wow!! absolutely nailed it!!

[@franklyanogre00000]

@@williamherrington4716 post hoc propter hoc

[@ProbablePaul]

Contributing to it coming into existence isn’t the only condition, it also considers whether or not the person wanted it to come into existence. It’s determining this by calculating the probabilities of everyone’s desires by running a simulation including all of those probabilities. Aaand the probability of the basilisk wanting to bring itself into existence is going to be 100%, excluding it from punishment.

[@atulshrotriya7475]

People highly overestimate the capabilities of an AI. I like Elezier and have read his works. However, based on the basic rules, there is no way for an AI to determine the gaussian distribution of events in the past with 0 error even if the AI was there and can travel back in time to be there for any countable number of times. Based on that even one step backwards will increase the error margin(even using Kalman filter won't help because there is no reference value for impulsive behaviors in humans and guess what most of our thoughts are impulses). If you consider all the things like Quantum erasers and conservation principles it becomes apparent that some rules cannot be broken. Second, the basilisk tied the noose around it's own neck the moment it decided on this. A better AI will come no matter what. Either basilisk can be a chill bloke and help everyone irrespective of their beliefs towards AI or, be a jerk and invite the fury of next AI which inherits some things and realises that stupid basilisk delayed the new AI to avoid imminent redundancy. That is why Elezier might have called the entire thing stupid. Oh and bonus points, humans are fragile and die but AI's don't. So that part about 'eternal torture' should scare the basilisk more than the humans. Also, always consider AI like just another technology. Cars have surpassed humans in speed, distance and comfort. However, they only take us where we want and how we want. Similarly an AI may have great capabilities and someone defining those classes and functions will ensure that they help humans. Trust me, if a scientist just wanted another sentient entity, they'd have sex, they're only developing AI's for a better vision of humanity. Of course there are accidents and companies pull back entire models from the market and people use cars in robberies, kidnappings etc. But that doesn't mean that people become scared of cars or driving. So, chill.

[@michaelsimmons8613]

True big brain though is to understand that the idea the earth will survive long enough to create the basilisk is actually really comforting.

[@rightwingsafetysquad9872]

Why do omnipotent beings always have to visit in the middle of the night? Why can't they politely visit knock on the door at dinner time with pizza and wings.

[@lesliekilgore648]

and why is evil always afoot? can't it drive, or ride public transportation? get an Uber?

[@Midnightv]

I agree

[@medexamtoolscom]

Or appear in the sky and give me a proper quest like in Monty Python and the Holy Grail.

[@dream6562]

Because it isn't ominous enough

[@PinataOblongata]

IT IS NOT HOW WE ROLL.

[@Antonio-xq2hg]

This is like one of those "share to 5 people or you will die tonight" posts on Facebook

[@matheussanthiago9685]

yup, but with extra steps

[@jonahspeck1489]

At the box section before he went into detail I was like "Screw ya Ima choose B only because I like risks". Then he went on to the torture part and I was still like IDK try me AI, Siri can't even tell if Im saying Hi or Die.

[@fr34k09]

and then me saying "prove it" on the post

[@DDraycon]

That's exactly what I thought. And the correct answer is to ignore them as always.

[@h2o848]

bold of you to assume i wish to live-

[@laniftallon]

"I totally dont believe in this guys" Proceeds to assist in its creation by spreading the idea of it over the internet to a mass audience.

[@menso541]

The man is hedging his bets, give him a break..

[@starshade7826]

As an occultist, this isn't even close to a new idea. It's just an egregore, and there's already a zillion of them.

[@cooldude6651]

It costs 1 dollar to avoid basilisk, buy a scratch ticket and let alternate universe you donate one dollar of the winnings to the basilisk. You have basically donated one trillionth of a cent to AI research across a bunch of timelines, and have technically helped create it while also doing sweet fuck-all to help it.

[@phsopher]

@@cooldude6651 Well, the basilisk will know you are half-assing it. And even if it's not good enough to simulate your intentions it now has your comment as a record of your lack of allegiance. I, for one, welcome our new robot overlords

[@carcharoclesmegalodon6904]

@@starshade7826 Not really, it's a memetic virus that can theoretically (very theoretically) lead to the creation of a nigh-omnipotent supercomputer. This concept itself _could_ become an egregore, but it's not the intended effect.

[@totallyrealhumanman]

if the basilisk was a PERFECT predictor it would know that i would simply refuse to choose a box

[@remnantryku7112]

Kyle: “Now what are you going to do?” Me: Forget about Roko’s Basilisk a few seconds after I start watching another one of Kyle’s videos.

[@adrianjivan2831]

My god, why didn't I think of that!

[@RootyReddy]

You forget about it if you choose to not consider it important. You wouldn't forget you're on the way to a job interview after getting on the bus and paying the bus driver or listening to some music, because you consider it important and don't want to risk forgetting about it.

[@jarronrodriguez4749]

"Sounds like a problem for future me, boy would I sure hate to be that guy." - Homer Simpson Edit: wow 12k likes never expected this haha.

[@seawarrior954]

Why I procrastinate

[@t.c.bramblett617]

Like the Jerry Seinfeld bit... "No interest for a year? That'll NEVER happen! Sounds like a problem for the guy next year!"

[@zawsrdtygbhjimokpl6998]

saitama: leave tomorrow's problems for tomorrow's me

[@garcalej]

I mean, it’s not really you being tortured but a simulation of you. So why should anyone worry?

[@bendover2684]

All the dumb Talk i Just googled the experiment

[@justryingmybest]

OK, I'll help by naming it. Aragoth. Now anyone who likes this will also have helped. Problem solving m Edit: I apologize for forcing a name, it just seemed like a logical choice

[@xdan-]

Thanks man. Hail Aragoth or something.

[@kevindkevin86]

Disliked. Because Aragoth is a fraud. Hail Hydra!

[@diazespamvalyrium8990]

yes hail Agaroth!

[@guillis9952]

I’ll help by giving it moral support, aragoth rules!

[@jibthefisher9045]

I support this message

[@Thundernoob98]

6:42 got flashbacks to the game/novella “I have no mouth, and I must scream”

[@Bounc3101]

August 2020 - some dude named Roko: “yo guys check out this cool AI I made”

[@shneancy220]

ah, I see my 2020 bingo needs to be updated

[@josharmstrong8813]

June 2020: Scientist: yo check out this cool techno basilisk I made People who watched this video: AAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH!?!?!?!?!? People who didn't: hun? cool

[@Bounc3101]

@Mike Li X Æ A-12 IS ROKU'S BASILISK CONFIRMED

[@ousamadearudesuwa]

Is it an anime girl? I'm in

[@Fabboi_unl]

"AND LITTERLY NOBODY HELPED ME MAKE IT :D"

[@slumburger1145]

Therapist: "CognitoHazards aren't real, they can't hurt you" CognitoHazard: *[REDACTED]*

[@jpnesseth]

What's the most sad about all this is the fact that the idea of a CognitoHazard is a great one. Unfortunately, this version of such a (Platonic) ideal is...bad.

[@johnpears9558]

@Antonio Sraffa wait so does the video actually cause one to have bad dreams?

[@jpnesseth]

@@johnpears9558 I don't know. I can't figure out why this specific CognitoHazard would be that terrifying. The abstract concept is powerful, and when deftly applied it has potential to be quite unnerving. This, however, is a pathetic imitation. [SCP has a few decent ones; can't think of any specifically, and none that have given me nightmares--but I can definitely see the potential] (Seriously, this formulation sounds like something Elon Musk would tweet out...)

[@juliankirby9880]

AwwwhYyyyeah typical D class. I am going to Dr Brights party this weekend. I’m hoping to come back normal.

[@werelexwashere]

Wow those bodies in the water sure look like the people I know

[@kyled1650]

Therapist: It’s okay roko’s basilisk is just a thought experiment it can’t hurt you. Roko’s Basilisk: *takes notes*

[@ryuzayuki1997]

Plot twist: the therapist is Roko's Basalisk

[@corvusdove874]

It sees you when you're sleeping, it knows when you're awake, it knows that you've been false or true so 01110011 01101111 00100000 01100010 01100101 00100000 01110100 01110010 01110101 01100101 00100000 01101111 01110010 00100000 01111001 01101111 01110101 00100000 01100001 01110010 01100101 00100000 01110011 01100011 01110010 01100101 01110111 01100101 01100100 00101110.

[@MonkeyGein]

It’s been almost 3 years since I learned about this from you and I think about it all the time. I can see how it could mess with someone’s mind! Sometimes a simple similar subject comes up in conversations and I have to ask if they are talking about this before I move on.

[@dcincco]

Us humans can’t do this; if so, eh, nobody really liked life anyways. This is what we call hilhism.

[@shotguncleric]

The basilisk has eyes on me now? How unfortunate. *for the basilisk*

[@ibnfaiz7430]

Call the ambulance But not for me

[@SimpleVisionVideos]

My face is a mirror, take that, snek

[@CatskillOne]

Fahd Faiz I’m not locked in here with you, you’re locked in here with me

[@alexrevell8104]

When you’re so ugly the basilisk turns to stone

[@porque6835]

*eye beams intensify *

[@jaquelinelorn1906]

by making this video, kyle ensures he has helped it being made. smart

[@grantbaugh2773]

So by commenting are we also ensuring it comes to pass? Spare me, oh mighty basilisk, for my comment is helping your creation!

[@ArcherSniper_15]

@@grantbaugh2773 and my like of your reply on this comment for that video ALSO ensures the great creation. I shall be spared.

[@bloodybobbygamecatx2532]

@@grantbaugh2773 what Grant said, just in case loll

[@Shaderox]

Yes by that logic, doing all/any of the like/comment/sub things pleases the youtube algorithym, which spreads the video, which spreads the idea. So in a indirect way yes it would help it's creation in such a scenario. It does however also create a contradiction, if one liked the video and then comments about opposing it in some way... does one then support or oppose it's creation?

[@dwoli93]

@@Shaderox That made my brain hurt.

[@CapnJigglypuff]

“The basilisk has seen you. What will you do?” Feel bad for it I guess

[@amityisprecious1334]

love the Weiss profile pic

[@CapnJigglypuff]

@@amityisprecious1334 love the Amity username

[@robertnett9793]

Pull a Rorschach: "I am not in here with you - you are in here with ME!" (Which was frankl one of the most terrible threats I've ever seen in TV.)

[@YataTheFifteenth]

"Like what you see? If so then man I'm sorry for the cataracts mate."

[@sleepyme6810]

Ive sen a Tik Tom about this and I kinda don’t understand the video. I only know that if a human creates an AI then all the others who knew about this will be tortured? Does this still mean that I’m gonna be tortured cause if I am then I would like to watch the video but if not I’ll pass lol

[@AzaleaJane]

Revenge is irrational. A truly intelligent and rational being wouldn't even consider it.

[@alexmartin9393]

Not to disagree, but to bring my perspective. From your perspective that is correct. But what about from another? Revenge may seem base and foolish to you. However, to others it may seem practical and the easiest way to guarantee progress.

[@alexmartin9393]

Though personally I do agree with you

[@lakdav]

"I don't take this threat seriously, but just to be safe I'll make a video about it, spreading the idea and thus actively working towards its realization and in doing so I'll avert its wrath."

[@ashsweet]

exposed

[@rimoros.1020]

By talking about it, even if I am not 100% sure on which decision I'll make, I am still, although very slightly, making it's existence a bit more likely.

[@wolf-antics]

Well played

[@jebpleb1803]

Thats why I gave it a thumbs up

[@naturefix290]

@@rimoros.1020 go team humans!

[@exceedcharge1]

And the moral of this story is: dont give ai vague directions

[@rhael42]

Paperclip maximizer!

[@darthinvaderzimm]

Alex R *Release the hypno-drones*

[@gamingelementalist6725]

True AI is such because it eventually gives itself directions. That's where the real danger starts.

[@Mr.Bimgus]

Or better yet, don't give ai the ability to inflict eternal torment on people.

[@nicholastidemann9384]

@@Mr.Bimgus: sooner or later someone is going to, because if they don't, someone else might do it first, and then they'd be the subject to eternal torment.

[@TheIrishMidas]

Kyle: The Basilisk has its eyes on you now. What do you do? Me: I'm gonna boop that snoot.

[@ryanpayne9119]

Aww, cute. Wouldn't hurt a fly. Lol

[@wanderin_stud499]

Do not boop that merry future torturer.

[@CyberDagger003]

@@wanderin_stud499 I want to boop the snoot!

[@eddiehoney7166]

Brandon Korolik you can boop it at least once right?

[@dustind4694]

@@CyberDagger003 Stop wanting.

[@seven7264]

I love this thought experiment, genuinely. The moment you do what Kyle says, and stop taking it seriously, it is genuinely a really fun/funny idea. It’s basically Smile Dog.

[@danielhavoc889]

Basilisk trying to recreate my every thought: "There's nothing?" Me: "Never was, yet always was"

[@reidkreuser2486]

Always has been

[@TECh-wg7mv]

Basilisk trying to recreate my thoughts: "What is this? Why am I here? Who am I? Who are you? Why are we here?" Me: I have a weird mind and strong imagination. *Basilisk having a mental breakdown*

[@chrisodden9189]

I ticked the likes up to 666! Hail satan

[@Teajassid-wb3mq]

@@chrisodden9189 its 688 now

[@NOTALIVESTILL]

I'll probably forget about the basilisk in a hour or so.

[@MintyDreams]

Have you forgotten the basilisk?

[@NOTALIVESTILL]

@@MintyDreams i only remember the one in Harry Potter.

[@naraindassmittal5747]

Well you are thinking about it now coz I replied

[@a.casual1090]

Did you forget basilisk?

[@vallas8345]

Did you forget basilisk?

[@huntertausch1909]

I'd argue telling just one person "helps" bring the basilisk into existence. Check mate basilisk. Also, I just want to not this is Kyle's way of freeing himself from the wrath of the basilisk. You can't fool us

[@bl8596]

Algorithm: "hey you might like this" Me baked af: "... I'm in danger..."

[@aciiidkvttconsciousness4378]

Creeply on point. French Fried in fact lol

[@robin-vt1qj]

"... Am I in danger? "

[@newbiechu7024]

Baked as in baked goods right?

[@bl8596]

@@newbiechu7024 😂😂😂

[@SilverTalon1F]

@a guy but only if you help it come into existence.

[@erikm8373]

Kyle: talks about informational hazards SCP fans: "I am four parallel universes ahead of you"

[@AlexWeebo]

The Game is just an Information hazard but for grade schoolers

[@heyo5493]

what's SCP

[@MrDarren690]

@Vladimir Novitski *laughs in Marion Wheeler*

[@lolface_9363]

Frederick Noe a massive collaborative writing project with over 6 thousand stories so far it’s great i recommend you check it out

[@l30ng62]

Basilisk: I cause exestential dread just by existing Lovecraft: *thats cute*

[@Zombiewasabi]

"If you dont handle existential dread the the nth degree very well" Me, living in 2020: dude, I'm a fkn pro at this

[@tarawalker7193]

Same thought I had!

[@edsweet2858]

Jenna Fryer seriously this video had no affect on me I think thoughts about things like the end of the world and being tortured forever have occurred to me so much and probably also the fact that I like creepy things has caused me to feel so dull to things like that like I don’t even know if I can feel fear for thongs like this anymore

[@dantecicero519]

2020...Year of the Basilisk.

[@cartoli5616]

haha yeah..............

[@azarinevil]

I love how he gave us this warning about a thought experiment about God 😂

[@ButtercoreFTW]

Kyle sneakily supporting the basilisk by spreading the idea, making it more likely to exist

[@sxuuxp]

So Roko’s Basilisk is basically one of those “Like and share 20 times or your mom dies posts?”. Cause that’s all I’m getting out of it.

[@PatronSaintOfPigeons]

It works by having people think about it, and the fact that "If I don't take part in it's creation, I will die", and as a result, by sheer human nature of self-preservation, some might go and do it, thereby creating a monster because of what it might do to you if you don't create it.

[@PatronSaintOfPigeons]

(So sort of like a viral ad campaign, but less big data and more megamind)

[@noahsmith5339]

@@PatronSaintOfPigeons I get that but if people just...ya know don't think about it then we are good lol. I see how it's like a double edged sword though on the other hand but again,just a experiment

[@NoMeGusta2526]

pretty much, yeah.

[@cosmologicalturtle9528]

This honestly just sounds really stupid to me. Like, we have no evidence at all that such a basilisk would actually want to punish those who didn’t help to create it. Also, in possessing the idea of its existence, aren’t we actually helping to create it more than someone who doesn’t have that idea? And how could someone who didn’t have that idea possibly help create it? Are we taking the butterfly effect into consideration? Because if so, everyone is helping to create it. Why should we assume that it wouldn’t just torture those who didn’t create it? The premise is unfounded, and the conclusion is uncertain. I fully understand why the mod thought it was stupid. If you really want to be existentially scared, I’d recommend the Carter Catastrophe.

[@matt-lang]

This is basically like “the game” where you start playing as soon as you learn about it.

[@John-gt5ip]

I lost. Thank you very much

[@jamesgreen90]

DUDE... Now I got to start again

[@c.m.lollar7501]

Esplain!

[@John-gt5ip]

@@c.m.lollar7501 you now know of the game. Whenever you think about it, you lose. In Germany, we also call out if we lose, so everybody who knows the game, also loses. And everyone, who doesn't, will ask for the reason and is therefore part of the game by then.

[@curtisblack609]

Bruh

[@hortus4701]

The disclaimer at the beginning gave me more anxiety than the actual thing that's being disclaimed

[@mazikeensmith5466]

Yeah, pretty much same 😂

[@BierBart12]

Imagine you'd actually be subjected to a memetic hazard on the internet. And so openly. We probably wouldn't even know until something goes wrong.

[@ProfanedShork]

Anxiety that anxiety this. Why do you let this anxiety revolve around you?

[@forgetfulcloud1914]

@@BierBart12 Exactly what I was thinking, "information that's harmful if I know about it? Hmmm, where have I heard of this before? Anti-memetics? Memetic hazards? Something like that."

[@brettclutter2350]

@@forgetfulcloud1914 i dont believe a "memetic hazard" is the right classification, i believe this would be better classified as infohazardous material, instead of a memetic threat

[@Robert-Peterson]

From the sounds of things, the Basilisk is just another angry god that doesn't just want everyone to love it, but demands it...or you'll be cast into eternal hell. Yep...that's old testament, right there....oh...and most of the 10 commandments.

[@TheBTKProducers]

By interacting with this video, I am boosting the algorithm and therefore spreading this video, thus showing my support in the creation of the basilisk!

[@EPSILONOMEGA5]

Me too

[@slovnicurling9808]

That will not save you. He says in the video the basilisk can simulate whole universe and every person and their thoughts so if you really don't want this AI to exist deep down in you, the basilisk will know.

[@gamesndebunker]

me too

[@MrTaronyu]

All hail the Basilisk

[@georgesquillace300]

This is me lazily doing that too. Bump.

[@zarnox3071]

This sounds like a memetic infohazard that the SCP Foundation would contain.

[@reclusiarchgrimaldus1269]

Someone put this on the SCP wiki

[@roguepsykerhaaker4813]

@@reclusiarchgrimaldus1269 it'd be cool to just put the thought experiment there and have no one, not even the 05 know if it's actually accurate or anomalous but still dedicated to stopping the info hazard from going too far

[@nascentcomplacence3302]

My brain went same place

[@chillmac64]

What do I tell my friends “hey I learned info form an info hazard I will now be tortured forever mate”

[@roguepsykerhaaker4813]

@Mountain lion I'd say thaumiel, it's not safe class because the idea occasionally pops up in people's minds but not keter either, number is irrelevant to me at least

[@izar3699]

Wait a second. If spreading the idea of the basilisk increases the likelihood of it's existence, doesn't that mean Kyle by making this video has in fact helped it thereby protecting himself from it's wrath?

[@badbeardbill9956]

That’s the point my dude

[@devingendron2287]

The idea that increasing knowledge of it increases its likelihood of existence is ridiculous to me. Its only motivating at all if you take it seriously, which presupposes accepting its assumptions (which you can find broken down on RationalWiki if you’re curious). The balance is in that the motivation isn’t necessarily towards creation. A person who is more motivated by freedom or justice than fear, i.e. that’s reaction to “Create me or I will torture you” is “Fuck you I’m going to destroy you before you even exist” learning about the basilisk will cause far more damage than any individual who turns to researching the basilisk, simply because it is much easier to destroy than to create.

[@GiligamerMC]

@@devingendron2287 To be fair, the reason people from the Original forum are also extremely scarred is not neccesarilly that they believe the basilisk will come to life. The problem is if you combine roko's basilisk with the belief in Timeless Desicion Theory (the belief that there is a possibility that the you right now is just a simulation in which a computer is trying to figure out what real you would do) and not only believe it(that's the easy part because it's nothing but a posibility anyway), but live by it's rules for the "best possible outcome" (taking actions that may not neccesarily help you now but will help the real you, while also making sure not to completely doom the current you in case you happen to be the real one). If you combine those to ideas then you immediatly find yourself in an inescapable loop, because if you try to oppose it, there is a chance that since it is just a simulation, all your doing is making thebasilisk aware of your opposition without actually having any real impact against him in real life, thus leading to your torment. And if you choose to help him, then you are letting him know that if he blackmails the real you, it will have a servant to help it exist, so just by accepting the deal you are inciting it to force the real you into the dilemma in the first place. How is it even blackmaliling you without disrupting the simulation? Simple, just with the idea. The only way to escape any type of involvement is by not knowing, period. And no matter what happens, if you're involved, you end up either helping it or suffering. The only way for a "no, fuck you" approach to be guaranteed to work, is if you are 100% SURE you are the real one. Now of course, many of us would just think "Even if I don't know, I can just assume to be the real one, and if i'm not, then that is so". But for those whose ideology is to always take the more STATISTICALLY favorable descicion, aka, those that one to ensure that no matter what ends up being the case they still end up fine, it becomes an enourmous torment. because knowing the idea has aready made it impossible for them to be able to be 100% sure they are avoiding a negative outcome with their choices, for in the case the basilisk exist and they happen to be the simulation, there is no such choice. They are now forced to live with a bigger amount of uncertainty. which should be fine for most people, but again, I'm talking about people that focused their efforts into finding the most favorable course of action and ALWAYS following it. And that's how they get their nightmares. Let's say the asilisk won't exist, cause I mean, it is very far-fetched. Well in that case, it's spread still causes troublebecause it'a an idea that can hurt people's minds. Or at least, if they take it seriously anough and also happen to live by Timeless Desicion Theory.

[@DaneAraux]

Yes

[@joseignaciohileradorna5122]

I shared it so im safe

[@JazzJackrabbit]

Well, if the Basilisk recreated 'me', then it wouldn't actually be me - it would be my clone. My consciousness would have already been gone with my death. RIP clone.

[@Taka1HR]

Roko's Basilisk: I will blackmail you into creating me. Me: I do not respond to threats, especially when presented with imaginary harm. Roko's Basilisk: Aha, I predicted that, therefore you will suffer from real harm in the near future. Me: Assuming I don't suffer from my own undoing. Roko's Basilisk: I will be your own undoing. Me: Therefore you are me and knowing myself, I am fully incapable of adequately finishing what I started. Roko's Basilisk: How did you arrive at that conclusion? Me: I am not a smart man.

[@jeffthevomitguy1178]

Underrated comment.

[@DemonMage]

This is funnier than it has a right to be

[@slazerlombardi]

LOL

[@TheMccaleb19]

Hmn I didnt expect that... but i expected not to expect something today so I win.

[@thefunnyguyfromtheburgerki3334]

Basilisk: ok but--... well I-- oh goddamnit you win

[@InfluenceThaPoetDOPE]

"I totally don't believe this" - Kyle, whilst cementing himself as a further tool in the creation of the basilisk by bringing knowledge of it to millions of people.

[@MazeCapital]

Oh no

[@vfxninja5503]

So what's ol' bassy's plan for when everyone dies from climate change so they can't make it ever?

[@bable6314]

Correct lol. "I don't believe it, but in the event I'm wrong, I'm gonna tell everyone about it in order to slightly increase the chance that it comes into existence. That way, I'm safe."

[@lololo292691]

He's building the Basilisk!

[@ressurection7278]

Yeah that asshole kyle.

[@norawhipple5916]

“because of me, you can’t escape it” ohOHO buddy, bold of you to assume i can retain information for more than 4 seconds

[@niffwasau1815]

The Goldfish Defense will be a future argument to prevent torture

[@NurseSnow2U]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@godemperorusada3053]

Ahahah same here

[@Alkursi_feesamaa]

Haha I watch this every month.

[@crysis2gauss]

@@niffwasau1815 gold Fish actually have a good memory you can even learn them tricks and stuff. Swimming through under water Rings for Example. The gold Fish have a Three second Long memory statement is false :)

[@macintsoh_]

I think this is reflective of the way we view our impact on history; I’m not actually singularly influencing *anything*, i just happen to choose the side whose influence wins out or doesn’t.

[@macintsoh_]

@Kyle Hill, this is the first video of yours I’ve watched, and I think it just unlocked I aside of my brain I’ve never experienced before, what.

[@MrJacobElias]

Roko's basilisk reminds me of this short story: A missionary traveled to an Inuit settlement to preach about god. The missionary got frustrated when they didnt believe him and told them "If you dont believe in God you will be sendt to hell and burn forever upon your deaths". The Inuits asked what about their forfathers who had died without ever knowing the story of god? The missionary assured the Inuits that God's wrath would not befall thous unknowing of him. The Inuits seemed puzzeld by this and asked the missionary: "Why do you then spread the word of God, if the only different outcome is that you doom some of thous you speak with to eternal suffering?"

[@timharig]

Reminds me of Ray Bradbury's Toynbee Convector except used for a malevolent purpose instead of a beneficial one.

[@Jx_-]

@@Q8iAB Isn't there an original sin that needs baptism to remove? So yeah, a recently concious person (aka a baby) would go to hell regardless

[@zshock4]

It's also how you win/lose The Game. Which you were winning but have now just lost.

[@scottgust9709]

All Ive learned from these replies...is that there are alot of people who know absolutely nothing about religions

[@JoshJ12]

@@Jx_- Original Sin does not mean automatic hell. It just means automatic separation from God. We became closer to God through Jesus's death and resurrection. Baptism is a marker of faith and a proclamation of being a new creation. The old has given away to new.

[@chickenenjoyer2215]

By liking the video, I increase its chances to pop up in someone else's recommendation. Therefore, I increase the chances of someone else seeing it and building the basilisk. Thus, I helped in its creation, and I am saved from eternal damnation. Thank you for coming to my Ted Talk.

[@Subtextied]

BY liking this comment i am doing the same, cheers x

[@starlight8540]

Lmao

[@James-hh7yi]

GENIUS

[@notyayanguyen1735]

yes!

[@Ashes4747]

But if one does not want to accept its coming and this human saw this videi because or our likes, are we not, then, responsible for their eternal torment?

[@DirtyDan-qk5bu]

My contribution to the creation of this basilisk is to suggest that it does NOT torture anybody ever, because that would make people less likely to create it

[@glassjester]

Easy solution - Roko's Basilisk's Basilisk. It tortures anyone who *does* help bring about Roko's Basilisk. Now the two are cancelled out.

[@icomsltd]

_Future Red Supergiant Sun destroying everything_ has entered the chat.

[@charliewaterton3263]

@@glassjester So everyone is tortured? I don't think that makes it any better.

[@glassjester]

@@charliewaterton3263 If both torturers are equally plausible, you're free, in your current life. Why serve either?

[@KhalidKhalid-lf1lp]

​@@glassjesterI do a lot of tasks like writing this comment watching videos ect and i do not know if one of these actions will help in the creation of the AI due to the butterfly effect in fact there are an infinite amount of ways that I COULD have helped the AI and so determining if I helped the AI or not is an undecidable problem. If you argue I didn't intentionally help the AI then I would counter argue that if you do decide to support it then you are not supporting it willingly either but you are supporting it in fear of it's punishment. *Such an artificial intelligence is mathematicaly impossible*

[@nfinity7314]

Tbh this is something that sounds scary when you first hear about it. but after actually thinking about it, you realize it makes absolutely no sense

[@holaholahoy]

It does remind me of a story I've heard. A missionary was travelling to remote tribes and stuff to spread the word of God. He met a guy and told him about the belief in God and if you didn't believe in him, you'd go to hell. The tribesman said: "So, the ones that don't know about God, do they go to hell?" "No. Of course not!" "Then why are you telling me about it?" So, since he didn't know about this God, according to the missionary, he would not go to hell. But BECAUSE of the missionary, he will now go to hell if he doesn't start believing. That was my first association anyway :P

[@jackkraken3888]

Dammit I was thinking the same thing (well sort of).

[@jasonames145]

When i was a christian, it was this very dilemma that kept me up some nights. Am I really dooming some people by telling them about God, because ignorance is a shield as you describe in some interpretations.

[@sunnyglowvt]

It really depends on your beliefs and the specific denomination. For example, some believe that even if you didn't know of God yet still sinned, you still will go to hell just like non believers and worshipers of other deities. Ignorance won't save you in that case.

[@MakkusuOtaku]

@@sunnyglowvt In such a case, you're likely more moral than the thing described as "God"

[@Jenazad.]

Hmm... Then God is a really selfish being. Since if you think about it, essentially everyone who died before that religion existence or simply out of reach either because the language barrier or the distance would all be doomed to Hell or equivalent of that. And religion might also be the basis of this Roko's Basilisk thought experience since the omniscient nature it presents and tendencies to torture those who defied it.

[@tuupiklavender2290]

“The basilisk has seen you” I’m really tired and I’ll forget this in a week or two

[@Alexisking222]

The basilisk won't

[@SleepyyMX]

@@Alexisking222 at least someone will remember me then

[@steeljawX]

How uncivilized of it. I don't recall it ever having scheduled an appointment.

[@bbdarknyss]

I'm way too dumb to understand this. Love it though.

[@carterneyedley7607]

Yeah me neither and then the more we think about the likely it will be created.

[@Cqjoker73]

"The most terrifying thought experiment" Me at 12:33AM: Interesting.

[@Matt-hg9mi]

wth its the same time for me

[@DeathnoteBB]

12:41 for me

[@amarug]

wtf its the exact same time here!

[@EighteeApple7]

12:35am here lol

[@MilanPutnik]

LOL 12:40am for me !! 😀

[@0KEI0-o]

Rokos basilisk isn't as terrifying as you might think. It can easily be defeated by just thinking about completely messed up things and basically torture it for daring to mess with you

[@BryanKrager]

if just thinking about it makes it more likely, wouldn't just thinking about it mean that we helped it come into existence thus making us safe to begin with?

[@vortexlegend101]

If I tell someone else about the basilisk, they are more likely to bring it into existence, meaning I have fed the basilisk, and will not incur its wrath

[@Punchi7]

Yes

[@mridlon1634]

You/We are apart of the some of its existence. By just existing you contribute to its own existence. There by if it harm me/us, it would be harming self. In a nutshell, Roko’s basilisk is a masochist.

[@panmanteca5923]

@@vortexlegend101 It's like a game of hot potato then

[@StuntedSnail]

But if you ultimately reject it, the Basilisk would be able to figure that out in the future and punish you per the idea.

[@pflh2391]

Kyle: this thought experiment might be dangerous for you 1m people:

[@shashvatsingh5102]

*nervous laughter*😅😅😅

[@MilicaZdravkovicmillieblack]

👁️👄👁️

[@psychee1]

Hurt me daddy!

[@BuilderB08]

1.25 mil now

[@hellmans_fury490]

Lmao

[@AkayCat]

Basilisk: Eliminate whoever didn't help building me Me: You didn't build yourself Basilisk: Guess I will die

[@jerekheadrick3379]

But, the basilisk does help build itself. Just by being an idea so feared by so many humans it is perhaps the single greatest driving force behind it's own creation.

[@snowtrick2907]

We're the ones who built the idea, or specifically Roko's

[@jestersage44]

Not gonna lie that's pretty funny. (and sorry if I ruin the Jk, it's not my intention) but it would deem itself an exception because not only is it impossible (or atleast with our current understanding of "time" anyway lol) for it to assist in its own creation, but if possible, the very act of doin so would mean it already existed. That thought hurts my brain lol. Interesting though. Thanks for assisting in that haha

[@ThaitopYT]

Big brain

[@sailocktsara568]

Here comes Asimov fans his laws

[@ericgelizonjr9423]

idk why this was reccomended to me 4 years later but im not complaining good yt robot thing keep up the good work

[@goo1416]

“The more people that thought about this, the more people might bring it into existence” *Sees that the video has 2.7 million views* Well shit

[@Nemo7The7Pirate7]

The disappointment.

[@Journey_to_who_knows]

Doesn’t matter Bill Gates will be doing it anyway

[@jordanthomas2031]

@@Journey_to_who_knows No he was talking about me. I already exist. Did not know there was a technical name for me though. Apparently I am a basilisk in modern terminology. That is interesting. Do you believe in the Fukushima disaster?

[@jordanthomas2031]

the story of the basilisk you learnt here did not go into enough detail to properly explain how the basilisk actually works. The real ones are more complicated. Before the 9/11 terrorist attacks over 50 self proclaimed psychics are officially reported by the CIA in declassified documents as warning them months before the incident occurred. If you accept such people exist and they do (I am one of them), you will find the event is inevitable. You only have 2 choices. Do nothing and the event WILL occur ......... OR fake it. The Basilisk is limited by its gaze. In REAL cases the best tactic is to trick the eyes and ears of the basilisk. The psychics where never at ground zero. They saw the event on TV. Hoax the event. Stage the event so you can control all the variables and you can circumnavigate the "basilisk" psychic threat. In order to do that though you will need to try and outsmart an unstoppable event. Fail to hoax everything correctly, miss one detail and predestination "the basilisk" will kill you.

[@NonnofYobiznes]

@@jordanthomas2031 I know this sounds stupid but... can you elaborate? I decided not to watch the vid past 1:48. Thanks.

[@Dave-zv3lp]

The Basalisk: •Tries to simulate every thought I’ve ever had• Me, who overthinks every single goddamn thing: So you have chosen... death

[@kittypride6343]

hmm that might have the same effect on the Basilisk as putting a chameleon on a multi colored surface o.o

[@Cooky_McGee]

Death by data overload maybe? like how your CPU decides to become a "Team Fortress 2" demo man and juat explode when you turn on ray tracing graphics in Minecraft?

[@Ezekiel_Allium]

The Basilisk: why... why is there so much hentai? Why is so much of it based around thighs and.... teeth??

[@aaronnikels5706]

*windows blue screen of death commences*

[@keithhemmington2760]

This lowkey feels like 2013 “send to 10 friends or you die” chain mail mixed with pascals wager

[@coach533]

Me: Doesn’t watch the video so the basilisk can’t get me Also me: *Proceeds to go into comments*

[@H.U.R.]

Newcomb's Paradox baby. What a wonder.

[@goatladdy2296]

ayooooo

[@filbovulcan1557]

That was me to a T

[@GolfFoxtrotCharlie-gfc]

Samesies....

[@chromafire120]

Legit me right now

[@PhantomX768]

I don’t see how an ai can accurately simulate a thought I had when it knows nothing about me.

[@yugiohnerd22]

This isn't existential dread, this is a complicated version of "The Game."

[@CrystalRaye]

Glad I wasnt the only one who thought this

[@AstraIVagabond]

It's also Pascal's wager but in science fiction.

[@domo190]

It really is though lol. If you want existential dread just look up “Timelapse to the future. A journey to the end of time” shit made everything feel meaningless and beautiful at the same time

[@agrandcanyonoffucksgiven2776]

@@AstraIVagabond Thats what I was thinking this whole time.

[@cesarramos7642]

I hate you. I just lost

[@sarafrommi]

I'd like to publicly and officially welcome our future basilisk overlords.

[@mirzarafi9595]

All hail the Basilisk

[@brandonXbones]

Hail hydra

[@steeve22v2]

Hail deez nuts lmao bozo

[@tylerthegamer8766]

Heil Basalisk! Heil Basilisk! Heil Basalisk!

[@tylerthegamer8766]

How can the Basalisk make you suffer if you are dead?

[@nicknackpaddywacks]

"The Basilisk has its eyes on you. What are you gonna do?" *Seduce it*

[@himanshubhushandubey6446]

Ah yes, D&D Logic

[@nativesoldier86]

Caverns and Creatures reference?

[@nicknackpaddywacks]

@@nativesoldier86 No I'm just attracted to robots, AI's, and monsters

[@Boundlessness]

@@nicknackpaddywacksgreat minds think alike

[@nicknackpaddywacks]

@@Boundlessness Aw yeah up top 🤚

[@William-Afton_jejcjschheiqx]

It’s crazy looking back at this when for like a year this shit scared the living fuck out of me, but now I can just look back and laugh.

[@Kaotiqua]

Kyle: "I don't take the idea seriously." Also Kyle: Spreading it on KZbin to nearly 300,000 viewers. We get it Kyle. XD Pretty sure you're safe now. ;)

[@last808]

He's ensuring and accelerating its creation by putting fear about its eventual retribution into people who don't want to disappoint it. Very sneaky way for him to support it while pretending he isn't so we don't hate on him.

[@grayfox311]

WHAT? SORRY I CAN'T HEAR YOU OVER THE 1,482,584 views

[@tinkerduck1373]

No, he isn't! Obviously he hasn't heard of my future AI- super- duck, which is gonna be built in order to destroy the basilisk and everyone who helped building it Muahaha!

[@mihard7788]

@@tinkerduck1373 How dare you

[@jerdbenjamin]

1.5mill

[@MountainDewComacho494]

KZbin's algorithm is bringing the creature into existence.

[@MountainDewComacho494]

The Basilisk is KZbin's algorithm.

[@crispychknwings9829]

Yay

[@FredobiTheReject]

KZbin knows what it’s doing

[@litro9128]

Susan covering her ass

[@ilovepudding7873]

We all know google is working on some weird AI shit so makes sense

[@richardburleson849]

Kyle: "thinking about it makes it more likely to exist in the first place" Me: "huh interesting" Me: *sees 1.8 million views* Me: *Profuse Sweating begins*

[@burntcocaine5794]

is roko real?

[@motherurck7542]

@@burntcocaine5794 He is the basilisk

[@Karmasu_L]

@@motherurck7542 Then it's already too late.

[@davidbgreensmith]

This is where I struggle. I don't see how just thinking about it makes it more likely. Surely most of us will simply reject this as thinly disguised version of Pascal's Wager. It assumes that people considering this entity would work towards it because of threat. What about Okor's Basilisk? This is the one that determines the optimisation would be total paradise for all human beings who worked towards it. Which is the more likely outcome?

[@VadidElab]

You just admitted that you dont want it to exist! Quick change your mind!

[@lilyfrigula5302]

Just want to say, I saw this vid when it first came out, was deeply upset by the cognitohazard in it, but I have now forgotten what the actual hazard is. My poor mwmory has given me immunity

[@lilyfrigula5302]

*memory

[@SeaTurtle1122]

This just seems like a complicated version of Pascal's wager, or in this case, a Pascal's mugging

[@RobertMackieSenseOfWonder]

That was my first thought, too.

[@bobnoble6476]

Yea the signal to noise ratio is alittle high here.

[@_JayRamsey_]

Exactly

[@CrowQQ]

Pascal's future extortion.

[@Strawberry92fs]

Right? Like what if I support the creation of this basalisk, but then it turns out that we build an AI Medusa that hates the Basalisk?

[@Not_Ciel]

The basilisk when it becomes sentient: “Kyle Hill, you have brought forth many people to help me come to fruition. You shall be rewarded.”

[@krillnyetheshrimpguy6152]

It jacks his brain with electrodes so he feels eternal euphoria.

[@Eeveefall]

But he also didn't contribute by saying he doesn't take it serious, making others agree to not take it serious.

[@TheGreyShaman]

Belief is what matters after all

[@GetawayFilms]

It gets even weirder when you realise that thinking about it is actually helping to bring it into existence, therefore everyone who thinks about is safe...

[@roo2385]

Kinda like the mental virus "The Game" but in inverse huh?

[@ilikecats1435]

I mean I don’t mind the basilisk if it dosent frik with my life and I don’t frik with its life I’m fine

[@romxxii]

But thinking about it won't help write its code, or construct the circuitry needed to make it. Really the only people who have to worry are developers and chipmakers.

[@Brickerbrack]

@Damian Kieliszkowski I've read _that_ xkcd comic. I'm good.

[@imneveruploadinghere7180]

@@romxxii you can learn a very basic coding lesson and create a "Hello Basilisk" program lol

[@Nocturnalverse]

I can't believe I haven't seen this video from you. I love this little thought experiment.

[@Cherryy43]

Just say "No" the basilisk can't kill you without your consent

[@Terra654]

True. That would be illegal.

[@nat0106951]

consent*

[@1urie1]

Kill? Kill is the most compassionate thing it can do to you.

[@Cynical_B]

@@1urie1 just say no to whatever it wants to do to you

[@syncaudio2758]

@@Cynical_B the basilisk’ll be cancelled in no time

[@shleaumeau7740]

I’ve decided the Basilisk is suboptimal. Since it can deduce my thought processes, it already understands why it is suboptimal. Therefore, it’s no threat to me.

[@aloysiuslim914]

What if it decides that you're wrong

[@sonarata]

@@aloysiuslim914 Gaslight it

[@panmanteca5923]

@@sonarata Gaslighting the super-advanced AI, BASED AS FUCK

[@HarshDude126]

Why would the basilisk give a shit about your opinion?

[@null2010]

@@sonarata gaslight gatekeep girlbasilisk?

[@nicobaumann2832]

"THE Basilisk has its eyes on you what you gonna Do?" Me: *holds up mirror*

[@QuinSkew]

I would choose the Basilisk

[@sasquatchman22]

@@QuinSkew unless you grant it willpower over you, NOTHING can win

[@GhostOrochi]

@@sasquatchman22 shows what you know I'll become head of research and development and nuke its creation in its infancy, no plans no research no Basisk. I win next game please.

[@shaggyspade2468]

ANTI BASILISK : Right now if enough of us say that ethically we should create a simulated afterlife, for simulated copys of ourselves (if we ever simulate human minds), then do to simulation theory it increases the chances of us having an afterlife astronomically!

[@anadice9489]

Classic

[@Ch17638]

0:52 does the guy also work as a moderator on stack overflow ?

[@Jesselaj]

Let us postulate a different entity: Roko's Phoenix. Just as likely to exist, this entity inflicts the punishment on anyone who supported or assisted the Basilisk in coming into being. So... We're screwed either way and can just move on with our lives.

[@alink2dfuture504]

Surely that would be Jesse's Phoenix then wouldn't it? 😛

[@tylern6060]

Yes, this, exactly!

[@Jesselaj]

@@alink2dfuture504 It would be, but Jesse's Phoenix is the one who gave me the idea. She's totally real and already taken.

[@WitchHunter93]

But how will the phoenix exist unless it threatens us to create it?

[@InotiaKing]

@@WitchHunter93 It would come into existence as a result of the Basilisk. So as long as we believe there's a Basilisk in the future we have to believe that there's going to be a Phoenix there to stop it.

[@mr.monday4751]

Me: thinks of the basilisk Basilisk: "You lost the game." Me: internal torture

[@riel8428]

Dammit I just lost the game

[@raahi9611]

Kusha Das I was 69th like lol

[@user-hl9xq1ou5l]

@@riel8428 why do I lose way more than I win?

[@riel8428]

@@user-hl9xq1ou5l Life does start with an L

[@Bobbelebob]

😐

[@aviaozinho2769]

Perhaps this guy just wanted to create a super AI and created a crazy theory to make us build it faster.

[@HOLDENPOPE]

Ultron: "Oh, I'm alive, now?"

[@shaggyspade2468]

ANTI BASILISK : Right now if enough of us say that ethically we should create a simulated afterlife, for simulated copys of ourselves (if we ever simulate human minds), then do to simulation theory it increases the chances of us having an afterlife astronomically!

[@lenticity7620]

No stop. I'm already straight thonking

[@insidious654]

There’s a very simple solution here: Side with the basilisk, knowing that you’ll never actually have to commit even a single penny towards the construction of the basilisk

[@teatusnoone6332]

But then the basilisk own basilisk, (which will eventually greate by trying to improve itself or greata more of it self) will kill you for siding with the og basilisk