Season 8 · Episode 113 · Wednesday, April 7, 2027
Episode 8 of Season 8 · Story 113 of 116 · Topic: §11 — Legends: What Actually Happened
Roko's Basilisk — The AI That Punishes You for Reading This
◆ Myth vs. Fact feature: a famous claim, checked against the record.
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No AI, event, or victim exists in the record; the forum's own page says the argument was broadly rejected there — and the founder's discussion ban backfired by attracting outside attention
The line above is the slate's own kicker for this story, carried over unchanged.
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Legend — a myth-vs-fact feature
LEGEND in the project's grading system means a myth-vs-fact feature only: the legend is the claim, checked against the record.
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Releases Wednesday, April 7, 2027
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