'Transcendence is not a manufacturing defect': the AI circle's favorite doctor joke
threepointone · x · 2026-11-15
A joke by deepfates, amplified by threepointone, is circulating in the AI circle: a man tells his doctor he's limited by the human condition; the doctor prescribes two pills to transcend it, and the man objects that transcending the human condition is the human condition.
Paired with the aphorism: "Transcendence is not a manufacturing defect, but rather the very condition of human grandeur" — a wry footnote to the era of rapidly advancing AI.
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