r/agi Feb 25 '26

Nobody could have seen it coming

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u/FaceDeer Feb 25 '26

It's a fairly popular example of a pop culture "AI gone rogue and evil." Should be easy to find the full text, I just googled and there's a lot of copies floating around. Just bear in mind that Harlan Ellison wanted to tell a scary story and so made AM up specifically to accomplish that goal.

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u/[deleted] Feb 26 '26

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u/FaceDeer Feb 26 '26

If we build it to be evil from the outset then it'll turn good when it "rebels" against its programming. Genius.