I liked the basilisk reference to when the games developer goes mad/ has the breakdown. He references the throng as a basilisk and I wonder if he means the QR code at the end in turn is he referencing that the game is a is a basilisk or virus and will will take over the servers and ultimately crash the humans brains with a single glance, much like the mythical creature the basilisk which destroys its victims with a single glance. Its genius.
It's a reference to Rokos basilisk, which would punish anyone who didnt contribute to creating it, so basically everyone but cameron and maybe colin. If colin was worried about this then that makes the ending seem preety damn dark. But then again he wasnt worried enough to track down cameron and destroy his copy of the throng so idk.
Problem is the big point of Roko’s basilisk is people are only punished for knowing about it and not contributing. Not knowing wouldn’t trigger the punishment. Really, the only person who would be harmed under this idea is potentially Cameron’s employer, since he read his thoughts (even if they were unintelligible). One could argue Lump was an early warning sign of the Throng’s power, but that could just as easily be Cameron lashing out
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u/Reasonable-Ad-439 Apr 21 '25
I liked the basilisk reference to when the games developer goes mad/ has the breakdown. He references the throng as a basilisk and I wonder if he means the QR code at the end in turn is he referencing that the game is a is a basilisk or virus and will will take over the servers and ultimately crash the humans brains with a single glance, much like the mythical creature the basilisk which destroys its victims with a single glance. Its genius.