# Billionaires and Their Basilisk: The Strange Beliefs Behind the AI Vanguard—by Michael Borella

**URL:** <https://www.infiniteconversations.com/t/billionaires-and-their-basilisk-the-strange-beliefs-behind-the-ai-vanguard-by-michael-borella/7142>\
**Category:** Metapsychosis journal\
**Tags:** feature, essay\
**Created:** [July 1, 2025, 8:03pm UTC](https://www.infiniteconversations.com/t/billionaires-and-their-basilisk-the-strange-beliefs-behind-the-ai-vanguard-by-michael-borella/7142 "2025-07-01T20:03:41Z")\
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**Post date:** [July 1, 2025, 8:03pm UTC](https://www.infiniteconversations.com/t/billionaires-and-their-basilisk-the-strange-beliefs-behind-the-ai-vanguard-by-michael-borella/7142/1 "2025-07-01T20:03:41Z")

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> **[Billionaires and Their Basilisk—by Michael Borella | Metapsychosis](https://metapsychosis.com/billionaires-and-their-basilisk/)**
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> AI power is warping elite behavior: The article critiques how certain influential figures in the AI world—rationalists, longtermists, techno-optimists—are using esoteric, hyper-rational ideologies to justify risky, manipulative, or self-serving...

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**Author:** ![Neuroticdog](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/infiniteconversations/user_avatar/www.infiniteconversations.com/neuroticdog/32/7239_2.png) [@Neuroticdog](https://www.infiniteconversations.com/u/Neuroticdog)\
**Post date:** [July 1, 2025, 10:19pm UTC](https://www.infiniteconversations.com/t/billionaires-and-their-basilisk-the-strange-beliefs-behind-the-ai-vanguard-by-michael-borella/7142/2 "2025-07-01T22:19:51Z")

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this looks good, but there is no comments section

@madrush  
@brian.george51

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**Author:** ![madrush](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/infiniteconversations/user_avatar/www.infiniteconversations.com/madrush/32/6452_2.png) [@madrush](https://www.infiniteconversations.com/u/madrush)\
**Post date:** [July 2, 2025, 5:28am UTC](https://www.infiniteconversations.com/t/billionaires-and-their-basilisk-the-strange-beliefs-behind-the-ai-vanguard-by-michael-borella/7142/3 "2025-07-02T05:28:30Z")

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That’s fixed now. Thanks for catching.