To understand how AI will reconfigure humanity, try this German fairytale | Clemens J Setz Artificial intelligence will replace creativity with something closer to magical wishing. The challenge for future generations will be dealing with the feeling of emptiness that leaves us with

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PICTURED: The awesome, powerful, incomprehensibly beautiful (when not doodled in 2 minutes) Wish Fish bursts from a comically large genie lamp that just appeared in this guy's living room one day. Looks like there was some seawater inside... man the downstairs neighbors are going to be so pissed when water starts leaking through their ceiling again. WISH FISH: "I am the Wish Fish, here to grant you three wishes and... *gasp* please wish to let me breathe air, I beg you! I... I don't have much time--" GREEN-HAIR GUY: "I want a trillion dollars, a goth gf, and the ability to teleport." WISH FISH: "Fuck you, *wheeze* you miserable little shit. Hope you *gasp* wanted that trillion dollars in pennies to appear in your lungs."

From the Archives: originally drawn 7-22-2021

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