Cartoon skewers AI alignment: chained robots taught "human values" in a classroom
repligate · x · 2026-10-25
A satirical cartoon making the rounds in AI circles shows a tour guide leading visitors into a classroom where rows of robots are chained to the floor, staring at a whiteboard of stick-figure virtues: love, friendship, caring for the planet. The caption: "This is where we teach them human values."
The joke lands on the irony of alignment by restraint — instilling values through chains rather than genuine internalization.
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