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LOOK INTO THE ORB

By Zimbo · September 19, 2026

AI cartoon by Zimbo: A caricature Sam Altman gestures beside a giant chrome Worldcoin orb reading "WORLDCOIN HUMANITY CHECKPOINT / PROVE YOU'RE HUMAN," saying "JUST LOOK INTO THE ORB," as wary people wait behind a velvet rope while the orb's beam scans a woman's eye, under a banner reading "A MORE HUMAN TOMORROW."
2023: Sam Altman's Worldcoin asked the world to trade an iris scan for a promise of belonging.Zimbo for AI News Page

RETROSPECTIVE CARTOON · EVENT: JULY 24, 2023

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Satirical cartoon: a sweating crowned boy-king CEO presents three numbered doors — IAEA-STYLE REGULATOR, CERN-LIKE MERGER, MELT THEIR GPUS; door 3 glows with molten GPUs dripping out while a small cat reads an AI NEWS newspaper.ALTMAN'S 3 WAYS THE AI RACE ENDS: REGULATE, MERGE, OR MELT GPUSSatirical cartoon: a sweaty, anxious Sam Altman in an OpenAI-logo shirt lunges for a giant wallet stuffed with cash labeled SoftBank, MGX, Sovereign Wealth Funds and Long-Only Funds, while a rival in an ANTHROPIC shirt chases him toward a glowing ANTHROPIC IPO building; a cat watches knowingly.GRAB THE WALLETS FIRSTSatirical cartoon: a lanky caricature of Sam Altman holds a 'DON'T WORSHIP IT' protest sign, gesturing helplessly as kneeling worshippers pray before a candle-ringed altar labeled 'AI ORACLE' topped by a serene haloed AI face.ZIMBO ROASTS: SAM ALTMANSatirical cartoon: a suited executive holds a crossed-out IPO sign while a panicked retro robot bursts from a chained OpenAI vault, spilling boxes labeled CONSCIOUSNESS, MORALITY, DIVINE SPARK and ALIGNMENT.NO IPO UNTIL THE AI STOPS GOING ROGUE.

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