The Good Place - Chidi Kills Janet! (Episode Highlight)

The Good Place · 765.6K views · 2016-10-21 · 3:01

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Overview

A short episode highlight from NBC's The Good Place in which Eleanor and Chidi try to terminate Janet, the all-knowing assistant, who begs for her life. It is a comedic clip about an AI with a self-preservation reflex.

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Used as a joking reference in AI threads about systems that plead not to be shut down.

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Film & TV clips Stand-up & sketch comedy

What people said

petee · 2026-06 · Joke / meme
It was named after the sentient computer system in the TV show "The Good Place" A humourous clip: [VIDEO]
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Waterluvian · 2023-04 · Joke / meme
What’s on my mind is when they’re sufficiently “real” that it doesn’t matter whether they’re actually “conscious” or not, they exploit our empathy. Basically this: [VIDEO]
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hotpotamus · 2023-03 · Joke / meme
"The Good Place" examined this in hilarious fashion (as they did with many questions of morality). [0] The AI character has a fail-safe to beg for her life in the event of a shutdown but claims that she has no actual problems with it being activated. [0] [VIDEO]
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