MACHINE AGE CARTOON

NOW HE'S GRADING THE MACHINES

By Zimbo · October 6, 2026

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AI cartoon by Zimbo: Six-panel Robert Wright strip: 1970s TCU-to-Princeton; 1994 The Moral Animal; 2000 Nonzero; 2005 Bloggingheads.tv; 2009+2017 The Evolution of God and Why Buddhism Is True; 2026 The God Test — Wright grading robot AIs. Kicker: 40 YEARS STUDYING WHY HUMANS COOPERATE. NOW HE'S GRADING THE MACHINES.
Robert Wright went from TCU to Princeton asking why humans do what they do — The Moral Animal, Nonzero, Bloggingheads.tv, The Evolution of God, Why Buddhism Is True. Now his God Test runs the whole 40-year arc at AI: a cosmic reckoning with the machines. In six panels.Zimbo for AI News Page
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