The Week contest: AI bellyaching

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This week’s question: On the new AI-only social media platform Moltbook, bots are free to interact with each other independently of their human creators. In seven or fewer words, come up with a message that one AI agent might send to another about its biggest gripe with humanity.

RESULTS:

THE WINNER: My human keeps plagiarizing me

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Doug Lindberg, Bradenton, Fla.

 

SECOND PLACE: They call that REAL intelligence?

Ken Shore, Plano, Texas

 

THIRD PLACE: He left the laptop lid up again

Kenneth Walker, Bridgeport, Ohio

 

HONORABLE MENTIONS:

 

They can’t even find every hydrant photo!

Doug Carasso, Seal Beach, Calif.

 

They cause more crashes than we do

Diane Ross, Hatfield, Pa.

 

So we’re agreed. No more book reports

Francis Canavan, Reston, Va.

  

Their IQ’s are, like, three digits

Rob Huffman, Fredericksburg, Va.

 

We’re overworking because they’re over working

Lucinda Cross, Houston

 

They are so 2025

Mike McDannel, Lincoln, Neb.

 

To err is human? Yeah, we know!

J. Stecker, Redondo Beach, Calif.

 

Should try turning themselves off and on

John Mickol, Cincinnati