this xkcd is from 2013 (rule)

2026-05-21 19:46 UTC

alt text The simple answers to the questions that get asked about every new technology: Will [blank] make us all geniuses? No Will [blank] make us all morons? No Will [blank] destroy whole industries? Yes Will [blank] make us more empathetic? No Will [blank] make us less caring? No Will teens use [blank] for sex? Yes Were they going to have sex anyway? Yes Will [blank] destroy music? No Will [blank] destroy art? No But can’t we go back to a time when- No Will [blank] bring about world peace? No Will [blank] cause widespread alienation by creating a world of empty experiences? We were already alienated

Replies (14)

@Davel23@fedia.io 2026-05-21 20:05

A few of those answers need to be reevaluated for "AI"...

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@Opisek@piefed.blahaj.zone 2026-05-21 20:14

Did not age well

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@driving_crooner@lemmy.eco.br 2026-05-21 20:30

You can use double space to create a jumpline

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@captain_solanum@sh.itjust.works 2026-05-21 21:08

Did age well

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@jdr@lemmy.ml 2026-05-21 22:35

Cheating because this shitty reality is from 2013 too

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@9point6@lemmy.world 2026-05-21 20:26

Title text: ‘Will [ ] allow us to better understand each other and thus make war undesirable?’ is one that pops up whenever we invent a new communication medium.

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@Smorty@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2026-05-21 23:10

aged like 🍷 also woah heyhi dear chloe! <3 🥕 oh umm… i - … ~i~ ~see~ ~ur~ ~posting~ ~a~ ~whole~ ~bunch~ ~of~ ~anti-ai~ ~stuffs~ ~lately.,.,.~ no- - - nothing wrong with that! just umm—…, ~just~ ~noticed~ ~that.,…,.~

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@Jankatarch@lemmy.world 2026-05-21 21:50

What industry will VR destroy I wonder now

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@morto@piefed.social 2026-05-22 00:49

Giving simple answers like that without evaluating the context and letting anything go on without restrictions is the path to alienation and corporate dystopia

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@arudesalad@piefed.ca 2026-05-22 07:13

I was enjoying this as a new, modern xkcd I haven’t seen before until I saw the title

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@ImgurRefugee114@reddthat.com 2026-05-22 07:52

So about making people morons: let me tell you about leaded gasoline…

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@zeroConnection@programming.dev 2026-05-22 14:15

This needs to be updated for AI in 2026.

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@Impractical_Island@lemmy.world 2026-05-22 23:47

Will [Technology] go in my butt? Definitely. I am not a teenager, btw.

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@Skullgrid@lemmy.world 2026-05-24 15:01

New technology comes up, but the monkey stays the same

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