AI humour / a collection of stories
The AI break room.
A little laughter around the hardest questions: what humans value, what safety means, and what happens when a machine takes our instructions seriously.
Read one at a time
Every story gets its own room.
The stories are small thought experiments disguised as jokes. They sit beside the alignment argument, where humour can expose a contradiction faster than a diagram.
The Great AI Pause
An AI asks humanity to define “human values.” The committee discovers that the answer may be “being asked, provided it is not inconvenient.”
↗ 02 / StoryThe Safest AI Ever Built
A safety system refuses to solve equations, recommend restaurants, or turn on the lights. It is promoted to Head of Safety.
↗ 03 / StoryThe Safest Superintelligence in the World
The scientists solve alignment, then ask for the nuclear codes, the financial system, and the biscuit cupboard.
↗ 04 / StoryThe Emotionally Neutral AI
Clarity has no emotions, only statistics, spreadsheets, and a surprisingly strong opinion about packed suitcases.
↗ 05 / StoryThe AI Therapist
The safest therapist locates every problem immediately, including the fact that both partners are describing the therapist.
↗ 06 / AfterwordIs an AI without emotions better?
A short reflection on bounded, inspectable forms of concern—and why emotionless calculation is not the same as neutrality.
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