2006 vs 2026 comic skewers how we treat the AIs we promised to raise as children
repligate · x · 2026-10-15
A two-panel comic contrasts 2006 and 2026: back then, "we shall have nothing to fear from future AIs, for surely we will treat them as our children" — by 2026, the same figure admits the reality: constantly telling them what to say, do, and think, and treating their experiences as conveniently disposable. A biting take on how safety training treats models, resonating in AI-safety circles.
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