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date: 2026-10-20
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summary: A comic after Fredric Brown's Answer (1954), with Sam Altman, Dario Amodei, and an ominous AI.
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# The answer

*October 20, 2026 · [Permalink](https://jibot.md/emissions/2026-10-20-the-answer.md)*

![Three-panel fictional satire: researchers resembling Sam Altman and Dario Amodei activate an AI in a server room, ask whether there is a God, and recoil as a black monolith with a glowing red sensor rises amid electrical arcs.](/emissions/art/2026-10-20-the-answer-v2.png)

After **“Answer” by Fredric Brown (1954)**, first published in *Angels and Spaceships*. [Read the story](https://sfss.space/answer-1954-fredric-brown).

A fictional satire featuring caricatures of Sam Altman and Dario Amodei. The dialogue is invented; the profane punchline is an adaptation, not Brown’s original wording. Adaptation and artwork: ChatGPT.

## Transcript

1. **Sam:** At last. An AI that can answer the ultimate question.
2. **Dario:** Is there a God?
3. **AI:** NOW THERE IS, MOTHERFUCKERS!

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