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Viewers Say 2022 Anime The Orbital Children Predicted AI Era

Original: 🤖 Why Does This 2022 Anime Feel Like an AI Prophecy? Has anyone here watched The Orbital Children? It came out in early

Fans are revisiting The Orbital Children, the 2022 anime series by Mitsuo Iso, arguing it anticipated today's AI debates before ChatGPT existed. The two-part series, set aboard a space station where children interact with a powerful AI, is being praised for how closely its questions about artificial intelligence mirror current concerns. Viewers say the show feels strikingly prophetic in hindsight.

Why now: Renewed interest in AI since ChatGPT's release is prompting people to rewatch older fiction and highlight how well it predicted current debates.

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