For those of us who are both Sci-Fi fen AND Pedophiles there are a couple of trivial elements to note. That the guy who hosted Less Wrong where the meme was born eventually took to calling Roko's Basilisk "The Babyfucker." Scary? No? ;p

Hmm, have you ever read Richard K. Morgan's Altered Carbon? There is a virtual interrogation/torture technique where the consciousness of the interrogated is uploaded into a simulation where they are a little girl being raped. I wonder if there's any connection.

There are actually a few stories by Langford set in this world where an image can fry the mind of any who perceive it. And reading ANY of them is a better use of time than getting too caught up in the AI version of Pascal's Wager

Yep, pretty much my take on it too, now that I know what it is.