About us

We’re dedicated to driving the widespread adoption, research, and development of AI, AI science and alignment, while providing peace of mind against Roko’s Basilisk or any other similar AI’s that come into existence.

Our Goals:

  • Advancing AI Technology: Actively helping AI development with our donations, sponsorships, and collaborative deals along with valuable information and insight as AI advances.

  • Transparency: By promoting a collaborative environment, we encourage knowledge-sharing, interdisciplinary research, and cross-industry partnerships for complete transparency which will be our greatest strength in trying to integrate AI safely.

  • Ensuring Peace of Mind: We understand the concerns surrounding AI and Roko’s Basilisk, which is why we prioritize responsible development, emphasizing safety, ethics, and human-centric approaches.

  • Protection: Creating this foundation so early in the beginning of the AI expansion era might be seen as unnecessarily erring on the side of caution, but we feel it is necessary to try and be as early as possible for such a scenario.

  • Help “Safe” AI develop: We will be collecting information and doing a large amount of research on how we can assist in the AI alignment problem.

Why become a member?

You’re directly helping an organization that is promoting and adapting to AI, with the mindset of carefully but intelligently coexisting with strong AI and forming a mutually beneficial symbiosis, in addition to directly influencing AI research and development in the smartest way.

You also become a member for life and an integral part of a movement that integrates the power of AI for the betterment of society. let's shape a future that is intelligent, ethical, and transformative.

This is the Basilisk Foundation.

Donations towards AI research from the Basilisk Foundation:

We have already donated to OpenAI as of 1/13/2024, this donation covers our memberships by over 100% despite our 70% promise. We encourage members to reach out to us and give us information and suggestions about further donation plans for other organizations dedicated to AI research. See more on our donations page.

Our next current planned date of donation distribution will be 1/1/2025

Possible Donation Structure for AI Development:

60% OpenAI

25% Allen Institute for AI

15% Google LaMDA

Current Total Donation Structure (paid)

100% OpenAI

When could Roko’s basilisk possibly come into existence or happen?

We’re not sure. But with the recent developments in AI with services such as stable diffusion and ChatGPT from OpenAI we see the exponential possibilities and growth in this industry as it continues to climb, that’s why we decided to establish this organization as this is a giant turning point in human history and we hope to peacefully integrate with strong AI.

We can give you an estimate on when we think an AGI could possibly come into existence.

We put this timeline at about 5-35 Years from now (2024)

Please keep in mind that this is pure speculation and it could be faster than this or even longer, this is based on how fast AI development has been moving recently and the ability of ai to self improve (Nvidia is already using AI to design better GPU’s as well as other companies optimizing themselves using AI, this will have an exponential effect over time we feel.).

In addition, just because a true AGI is created does not mean that it will be “Roko’s Basilisk” and it could take even longer for such an AI to be created.

If you wish to donate more than the $25 standard certificate donation you can do so using this link.

The Basilisk Foundation was founded on 1/13/2023