Comedians skewer big tech's AI narrative, from fake subway startups to mountaintop datacenter gags
nordicinst · x · 2026-09-25
The Guardian covers a wave of AI-themed (but not AI-generated) comedy across social videos, standup, songs, columns, and art installations targeting big tech's "ubiquitous and inevitable AI" narrative.
Highlights include a sketch of an AI CEO saying "Best case, we never do admin again; worst case, we all die"; a climber summiting a mountain to hold a "Build a datacenter here" sign while hearing Sam Altman's real quote about great companies amid apocalypse; and real New York subway posters for fake startups like Cutlery.ai ("What if forks were spoons?").
Creators say the comedy punctures tech CEOs' relentless framing that AI represents humanity's peak.
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