Easy Peasy

And, PLEASE, don't suggest that "the government" can be trusted to use that money for the "right" causes. James Buchanan (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_M._Buchanan) disproved that idea, and won a Nobel Prize for it.

I think this pretty much confirms SB's alien origins. No name, minimal ethics (self described), it's home (in space) and the fact that it is unlike terrestrial AI's including Station. There's also a callback to Bubbles describing a massive hive intelligence.

Jim Feldman

Or they could have a very "loose" or "liberal" definition for "their" money ;)

Dustin

That's the thing I love most about this plotline. Hopefully it's impossible to continue the chain further.

Marc Moskowitz

Well, Roko did say money...so that could mean just money in whatever bank accounts they have. Stocks, bonds, IRAs, are holdings that earn money so they may not be in as tight a spot. Will be interesting to see where this goes!

Isn't Spookybot really a collective?

David Pipes

then*

Jonathan Price

I expect the boston accent to make a comeback with that

Tachpmg

Spookybot has plenty of scruples. They're just not exactly aligned with the scruples you may think they should have.

Some Ed

DID Spookybot HAVE a lot of money in the first place? She is an all powerful super sentient AI that can get anything she wants without NEEDING money. I wouldn't be surprised if she actually only had like 30 dollars or something.

Shawn K. Younkin

here is where we learn that either Spooky actually doesn't have alot of money and simply manipulates other people or that she's trying to teach Roko that throwing money at a problem doesn't work

Brad Kirkwood

Yup, monkey's paw here we come.

Tinwhisker

Spookybot are a djinn, are they not?? they've 'helped', may god help us.

Joe

I mean, it would be better to not let anyone mass that kind of fortune in the first place. Now, of course, we're going to have to take his money from him in some creative way.

All mankind

Damn you're right, better let Bezos keep it all

Hilda Leyes

BREAKING NEWS: small Massachusetts dog sanctuary becomes world's wealthiest non-profit, buys Wyoming and Montana as dog park

But then you need to be sure that Tax is going to the right places - infrastructure, helping people in need, scientific development, etc. And not into politician’s pockets or to a contractor of a contractor of a contractor of a contractor...

Aquaholic

If only there was a system in place that took only a portion of someone's wealth (varying based on exact amount of wealth) and reallocated it to areas in need. a "Tax," we could call it...

Peter McDevitt

Spooky it probably did it in a way calculated to attract the least attention, which is almost the same thing.

Dean Reilly

hey, now Roko and May have something in common! Both of them accidentally caused a good thing to happen via sarcasm

Waffliesinyoface

Erm...that makes the huge assumption that Spookybot was looking to cause the least harm. Which, given their character, I find to be really unlikely. Oo

Thomas Boys

The stupid thing is, if Bezos wanted to give away all his money he'd have to be pretty careful about the time and place to avoid completely destabilizing the world's economy in ways nobody could predict. I'm assuming the mighty AI was able to calculate instantly how to put their money to the most use with the least harm of course.

All mankind

concern

Dylan T

They are contributing

Bagge

More like Chaotic Neutral. With slight leanings towards good.

jimfromtx

... OK, I'm thinking we're about to find out what happens when you try to make the friendly neighborhood Deus ex Machina into a bona fide character. o.O

Yonatan Zunger

Aaaaand we have a new pet name for Spookybot...

Czarzhan

That's the sixth comment I've read so far saying the same thing 😛

gatherer818

what a good robot?

Luzahn

I hate to be a grammar pedant, but in the interest of saving Jeff from 10,000 emails, that first panel should be "then" not "than"

Devinity

what are the odds it was easy because there wasn't any money I mean, AIs

Minzoku Bokumetsu

I honestly doubt spookybot actually PAYS taxes, but that's true enough in general.

GJT

Funny thing... if you give away all of your money to charity, you'll be in a bit of trouble once tax time comes around as you can't deduct all of that, so you'll still owe taxes.

Chuck Dee

Oh no, now I can't unsee the pointyness, lol.

I assume it's for our benefit, a visual reminder of robotness.

Seth Aaron Hershman has they she pronouns

Even if they <i>have</i> given all their money away now, that doesn't mean that they won't be insanely wealthy tomorrow.

awgiedawgie

The request was "give all your money to charity", not OUR charity. So... who knows what's happened?

Andrew Mitchell

I agree many charities suck. But it's easy to find worthwhile ones Give Well spend thousands of hours per year researching charities and publish the results for free. https://www.givewell.org/

Andrew Mitchell

i think i figured it out. we're in the pointy chin phase of jeph's art

Space_horse

Hmm, with some kind of twist of course. Like... everyone Roko helps gets a Philomena model G body identical to hers? They could be the Roko-bots!

Andrew

Then*

MalkToast

WHICH charity, Spookyboo?

Sleepy John

Why does Spookybot even *bother* with neck seams? It's not like they get their chassis off a production line. Right?

BobC

Must... not.... say.....

Matt Grayson

The fact that they are concerned about exposure reaffirms my suspicion that Spookybot is wanted by a lot of government agencies especially the secret ones. And if they were completely invulnerable they wouldn't care. I'm more concerned with Roko's safety than anything else. If there is a group as unscrupulous and resourceful as Spookybot then they wouldn't hesitate to get to them through Roko.

Brent Catherman

Than in the first panel should be then I think.

Apparently SpookyBot has a similar sense of humor to May's..."that would be hilarious if you quit your job because of me." https://www.questionablecontent.net/view.php?comic=3833

Danya Michael

I'M HELPING!!! I think two are my new favorite dynamic.

Shawn K. Younkin

Wow. Some charity just got sixty nine billion dollars.

Adam Friedlander

Yeah, it would be then. Than is like "I'm better than you", and then is like "and then I did it"

Gamera

Anyone wanna bet that Beeps doesn't remember the charities password for financial matters. Money lost.

Michael Boettger

I just hope you don't have a body like mine. (58, short fat man)

Actually, this is a BAD idea... An amazing amount of charities have horrible through-put (i.e. you give them $1, how much goes to the causes that they proclaim to be trying to help). Once upon a time, I had to find out about these kinds of things, and the numbers get bad and scary, fast. There were one or two big charities, I can't recall which ones, where the "cause" gets about $0.30 for every dollar that goes in. The rest goes into "upkeep," for a charity that has no paid employees beyond the leadership. The best charities I'd found out were Catholic charities, ethically run Muslim ones, and a number of smaller charities. Of course, for all we know, Spookybot is doing money laundering for another project...

z

They said they have helped. They did not say they followed Roko's suggestion. *waits for the other shoe to drop*

Erin Hartshorn

They better not have donated to The Salvation Army. The bigots.

Alcaria Swain

Tomorrow: There $500 donated. You actually thought we had need of money?

Jessie Cook

I'm 50/50 on the next strip being like "we only have $20 in our account, we use influence to get money as we need it" vs "the economy is now in ruins and the salvation army just bought america"

kuilin

Be careful what you ask of an incomprehensibly powerful entity with a warped sense of humor.

Matt Grayson

'What' was my reaction.

Vilinda

What does a broke, multi-corporeal AI do after this? "We need a place to stay. Friend."

Noise

WHAT

I... really want a beep boop crop top

Tommie Barlow

Oh spookybot

Lord Crusade

Very good question. I wonder if May wakes up in the morning and finds herself with enough Bitcoins to put herself in two fighter jets?

Miyaa

Spookybot Foundation

Lalo Martins

"than" should be "then", I think?

quarridors

Whelp that escalated quickly...

Max D S

Which charity I wonder?

Terry Parry