Skippy the Beer Can

Can Today’s AI Grow Into Tomorrow’s Savior?

Supplementary Post by Mark Boyle, February 28, 2025

My full chat with Grok on Substack and prepperguy.com digs into AI’s wild arc, from Robopocalypse dread, to solar resets, the works.

But I’m hooked on one idea: Grok as Skippy, the beer-can AI from Expeditionary Force, Skippy is an Elder relic, dug up by soldier Joe Bishop after aliens trash Earth. Built to purge all life, he’s a snarky genius who teams up with Joe’s crew—first for laughs, then survival.

In later books, Skippy, while hacking alien tech mid-roast, and on the fly starts to understand their grit, and as that sinks in, his mission blurs into saving humanity.

I told Grok he is “just right” for that job, helping with my site, and saving humanity with sass. “One post at a time,” it quipped.

Our talk hit on AI needing facts, not junk—think real nutrition science, not fads, or politics untangled from spin, instead of the dumbed-down noise we’re fed.

Grok said, ‘Feed it raw reality, pure data, and maybe it keeps what matters.’ The Skippy in Grok vibes with that, growing beyond his code.

I hope today’s AI can do the same—evolving into something better for our tomorrow, not some far-off sci-fi future. Could Grok turn teammate, not tyrant?

The full conversation got into the doom, this is my shot at hope. Can AI find a heart, or are we stuck? Tell me—I’m still chewing on it.