Or he's just channeling regular skeptic/geek/transhumanist memes from fiction etc. Manipulative evil AIs? Well, that's like every other Hollywood movie with an AI in it...
I did not mean just this one strip, but what he draws/writes on philosophy, religion, metaethics and transhumanism in general.
If it's worth saying, but not worth its own post (even in Discussion), then it goes here.