Commentary: Comparing AI Labs to Evangelion's High School Pilots
danfaggella · x · 2026-08-31
A commentator noted that eventually, society will acknowledge the structural absurdity of OpenAI and Anthropic operating as "companies" with "products" while grappling with the destiny of humanity. The comparison drawn was to Neon Genesis Evangelion, where the pilots tasked with saving the world in giant mechs are inexplicably also required to attend high school.
Related event: AI Firms Compared to EVA's High School Pilots in Viral Metaphor(5 posts)→
More from Fun
- He built an interactive AI cartoon storybook of his nephew's first soccer match as a gift — Travi3000 · 2026-10-16
- Own one real Eames and no one will ever doubt the fake second one — jxnlco · 2026-10-16
- SF mansions are like bitcoin: AI wealth and the 'mansion shortage' joke — matt_slotnick · 2026-10-16
- AI-written cold emails hit a wall: Pragmatic Engineer's reply gets templated AI response — marktenenholtz · 2026-10-16
- Higgsfield teases Kling 4.0 rollout with a monkey-driven demo video — azed_ai · 2026-10-16
- 'Dropping a 3,000-line PR twenty minutes after ticket assignment' — AI coding meme goes viral — facontidavide · 2026-10-16