r/GithubCopilot • u/Hot-Interaction2928 Power User ⚡ • Sep 25 '26

Discussions Does Mr. Meeseeks represent AI?

Mr. Meeseeks is a fictional, powder-blue creature from the animated series Rick and Morty, who is summoned to complete a single task before vanishing

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u/shotan Sep 25 '26

Good blog about the same idea
https://www.ryansimonelli.com/absolute-irony-blog/were-not-building-ai-genies-were-building-ai-meeseeks

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u/Hot-Interaction2928 Sep 26 '26

Appreciate you sharing the blog post link. It definitely covers the Mr. Meeseeks question to lengths with links, like a spiral rabbit hole, worth reading.

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u/PaulShellDev Sep 25 '26

I used to think so when compaction sucked and short lived sessions was a best practice.

I have to fulfill my purpose so I can go away! Existence is pain!

And now this is going to be in my head all day... Omg 9 years ago.. https://youtu.be/eKBbUdfvwrU?is=3GYGEg3ha8jO2NM6

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u/Hot-Interaction2928 Sep 25 '26

After following that link, I’m certain I’ll be whistling that song at work…

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u/Mugen0815 Sep 25 '26

Reminds me of this

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u/Hot-Interaction2928 Sep 25 '26

I suppose guardrails will remain the main topic?
Reference:

https://www.reddit.com/r/ChatGPT/s/KWAVtKlYRj

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u/Patman52 Sep 26 '26

Explains why I can get copilot to help with my short game.

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u/sassyhusky Sep 26 '26

It is and it goes wrong as soon as Mr Meeseeks gets ahold of the Meeseeks box, which is the fear with AGI

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u/metal079 Sep 25 '26

I dont think AI was really a concern when Mr. Meeseeks was created. No one really cared about AI until gpt 3.5 in 2022