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    The New and Improved Oracle at Delph…uh…AI on the UWS

    August 3, 2025 | 8:16 AM
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    By Gary Martin

    Who needs the Oracle at Delphi— that renowned sanctuary in ancient Greece, dedicated to the god Apollo — where people consulted before making important life decisions? Now we’ve got AI!

    Gary B. Martin is an illustrator and animator who has lived on the Upper West Side for more than 30 years. His illustrations appear in the Rag on Sundays, chronicling life in the neighborhood, New York City, and the Universe. See them all here. For a broader range of Gary’s work, including animations and other motion graphics, please visit www.martoons.com

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    birdie
    birdie
    1 year ago

    AI is sensational and frightening all at once. Gary’s brilliant illustration captures the feeling I get every time I realize that yes, Chat GPT is all-knowing.

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    Peter Birkenhead
    Peter Birkenhead
    1 year ago

    Laugh crying.

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    Ken
    Ken
    1 year ago

    I thought we already had this in the Great Orange One!

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    Sharon
    Sharon
    1 year ago

    Went to a minute clinic yesterday and was asked what brought me in, my first urge was to say, car. I answered, truthfully, Google search. They told me chatGPT is one of their main responses.

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    Elaine G
    Elaine G
    1 year ago

    👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

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    Paula Sahli
    Paula Sahli
    1 year ago

    AI is becoming as scary as my first desktop PC!

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    Nina
    Nina
    1 year ago

    ask AI how to achieve world peace!!!!

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    Joanna
    Joanna
    1 year ago

    When it knows, it knows. Or not.

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    Nancy
    Nancy
    1 year ago

    I love that the iPhone is sitting ini the Lotus position.

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    Mark
    Mark
    1 year ago

    What could possibly go wrong?

    Perhaps the better question is, what could possibly go right?

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    Corcoran
    Corcoran
    1 year ago

    In Martoonerville: Black Mirror, Gary trains an AI to be his therapist, best friend and wife. What can possibly go wrong?

    Also, this comment was written by AI.

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    Debfrombrooklyn
    Debfrombrooklyn
    1 year ago

    Very funny! I love it.

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    Dik Fraser
    Dik Fraser
    1 year ago

    Trust?: CPUs – yes; Programmers – no.

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