


It is named after the member of the rationalist community LessWrong who first publicly described it, though he did not originate it or the underlying ideas.

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. Roko's basilisk is a thought experiment about the potential risks involved in developing artificial intelligence. “ ”I wish I had never learned about any of these ideas.
