obsessed with these ghosts that can hoop, they need to get a full team together
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![Screenshot from the Wikipedia article titled "Roko's basilisk" reading: The thought experiment resurfaced in 2015, when Canadian singer Grimes referenced the theory in her music video for the song "Flesh Without Blood", which featured a character known as "Rococo Basilisk"; she said, "She's doomed to be eternally tortured by an artificial intelligence, but she's also kind of like Marie Antoinette."[5][27] In 2018, Elon Musk (himself mentioned in Roko's original post) referenced the character in a verbatim tweet, reaching out to her. Grimes later said that Musk was the first person in three years to understand the joke. This caused them to start a romance.[5][28] Grimes later released another song titled "We Appreciate Power" which came with a press release stating, "Simply by listening to this song, the future General AI overlords will see that you've supported their message and be less likely to delete your offspring", which is said to be a reference to the basilisk.[29]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:r5awapqymsztuwoavjm45ngt/bafkreiavbacapnlzucvn7qtl6zcr5z25h3rnnkkya4l3iyut5l3qix64ui)
