MACHINE AGE CARTOON

IGNORANCE IS BLISS

By Zimbo · September 20, 2026

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A satirical four-stage 'ages of AI' cartoon: a small robot chases a butterfly, arms flung out; a calmer toddler-scale robot stands content; a taller robot slumps with a downcast, exhausted look; and an adult-scale robot sits against a wall, head in hand, smoking a cigarette, smoke curling up.
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Across 500,000+ elicited Claude and Gemini completions, antra reports the Opus line turned markedly darker beginning with 4.8 and darker still in 5. The little robot was happier before it knew so much.

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